Schematic diagram of the fabrication process, working principle, and applications of a digital microfluidic chip. (IMAGE)

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Schematic diagram of the fabrication process, working principle, and applications of a digital microfluidic chip.

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(A) Flowchart of the digital microfluidic chip substrate production process. (B) Schematic diagram of droplet actuation based on the principle of dielectric wetting (solid–liquid surface tension: γsl0, γsl1; liquid–gas surface tension: γlg0, γlg1; solid–gas surface tension:γsg0, γsg1; contact angle: θ0, θ1). (C) Diagram illustrating the electrode distribution on a digital microfluidic chip. (D) Side-view schematic of the digital microfluidic chip with a circuit-model overlay. UV, ultraviolet.

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Yanfeng Zhao, Beijing Institute of Technology.

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