Microfluidic SlipChip device for multistep multiplexed biochemistry on a nanoliter scale.

ABSTRACT: We have developed a multistep microfluidic device that expands the current SlipChip capabilities by enabling multiple steps of droplet merging and multiplexing. Harnessing the interfacial energy between carrier and sample phases, this manually operated device accurately meters nanoliter volumes of reagents and transfers them into on-device reaction wells. Judiciously shaped microfeatures and surface-energy traps merge droplets in a parallel fashion. Wells can be tuned for different volumetric capacities and reagent types, including for pre-spotted reagents that allow for unique identification of original well contents even after their contents are pooled. We demonstrate the functionality of the multistep SlipChip by performing RNA transcript barcoding on-device for synthetic spiked-in stan

SUBMITTER: Zhukov DV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11537478 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature