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Digital microfluidics

Digital microfluidics (DMF) is a platform for lab-on-a-chip systems that is based upon the manipulation of microdroplets. Droplets are dispensed, moved, stored, mixed, reacted, or analyzed on a platform with a set of insulated electrodes. Digital microfluidics can be used together with analytical analysis procedures such as mass spectrometry…

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Droplet formation

Droplet manipulation

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Digital microfluidics

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples84
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
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Digital microfluidics

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related to Displacement by electrostatic actuation · 15
Digital microfluidics → By, Digital, DMF, DNA, EM, For, In, Lebedev, Maxwell, Skal'skaya, The, Their, This, Three-dimensional, Z-direction
related to Chemical synthesis · 7
Digital microfluidics → DMF, Droplets, Mixing, MOF, Organic, PET, This
related to Mass spectrometry · 7
Digital microfluidics → DMF, Grieco, In, Indirect, Mass Spectrometry, The, This
related to All-terrain droplet actuation (ATDA) · 6
Digital microfluidics → All-terrain, ATDA, DNA, F-68, This, Unlike
related to Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy · 6
Digital microfluidics → DMF, Due, In, Microchannel/microcoil, NMR, Nuclear
related to overview · 5
Digital microfluidics → And, DMF, Electrowetting, In, Thus
related to Laboratory automation · 3
Digital microfluidics → Digital, In, These
related to Separation and extraction · 2
Digital microfluidics → Digital, These

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mass spectrometryinstance ofDigital microfluidics can be used together with analytical analysis procedures0.80text
colorimetryinstance ofDigital microfluidics can be used together with analytical analysis procedures0.80text
electrochemicalinstance ofDigital microfluidics can be used together with analytical analysis procedures0.80text
and electrochemiluminescenseinstance ofDigital microfluidics can be used together with analytical analysis procedures0.80text
the use of PDMS instead of glass for the substrateinstance ofdifferent materials may also be used to replace basic components of a DMF system0.80text
wax paper will form spherical droplets to minimize its contact with the surfaceinstance ofwater placed on a hydrophobic surface0.80text
proteinsinstance ofwhich reduce non-specific absorption and biofouling when dealing with biological fluids0.80text
biological serumsinstance ofwhich reduce non-specific absorption and biofouling when dealing with biological fluids0.80text
and DNAinstance ofwhich reduce non-specific absorption and biofouling when dealing with biological fluids0.80text
synthetic biologyinstance ofApplicationsLaboratory automationIn research fields0.80text
where highly iterative experimentation is commoninstance ofApplicationsLaboratory automationIn research fields0.80text
considerable efforts have been made to automate workflowsinstance ofApplicationsLaboratory automationIn research fields0.80text

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