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Photolysis-driven merging of microdroplets in microfluidic chambers
Petra Dunkel1, Zain Hayat2, Anna Barosi1
1Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Paris Descartes University, CNRS UMR 8601, 45 rue des Saints-Péres, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. peter.dalko@parisdescartes.fr.
Abstract:
Photolysis of microdroplets, stabilized by aminoquinoline-derived photosensitive surfactants composed of polyethyleneglycol/perfluorinated polyether (PEG/PFPE) diblock amphiphiles by using 355 nm ps pulsed laser light, resulted in rapid controlled coalescence of targeted microdroplets offering the prospect of a novel type of droplet merging with high stereospatial integrity for microfluidic systems.
