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Microfluidic large-scale integration

Science. 2002 Oct 18;298(5593):580-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1076996. Epub 2002 Sep 26.

Abstract

We developed high-density microfluidic chips that contain plumbing networks with thousands of micromechanical valves and hundreds of individually addressable chambers. These fluidic devices are analogous to electronic integrated circuits fabricated using large-scale integration. A key component of these networks is the fluidic multiplexor, which is a combinatorial array of binary valve patterns that exponentially increases the processing power of a network by allowing complex fluid manipulations with a minimal number of inputs. We used these integrated microfluidic networks to construct the microfluidic analog of a comparator array and a microfluidic memory storage device whose behavior resembles random-access memory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Biochemistry / methods
  • Bromphenol Blue
  • Coloring Agents
  • Computers
  • Cytochrome-c Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Electronics
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Gene Expression Profiling / instrumentation*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Luminescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Miniaturization
  • Pressure
  • Silicones

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Luminescent Proteins
  • Silicones
  • Bromphenol Blue
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • Cytochrome-c Peroxidase