APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WASHING AND CONCENTRATING MICROPARTICLES ENCAPSULATED IN MICROSCALE DROPLETS USING ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE

    公开(公告)号:US20200206738A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-02

    申请号:US16705847

    申请日:2019-12-06

    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for washing and concentrating microparticles encapsulated in microscale droplets using an acoustic radiation force. The apparatus includes: a piezoelectric substrate; a slanted finger interdigital transducer (SIDT) electrode deposited on the piezoelectric substrate and configured to generate surface acoustic waves under an AC signal applied thereto; and a microfluidic chip which is adhered to the piezoelectric substrate with being spaced apart from the SIDT electrode, has a microscale channel section formed therein, in which a single continuous phase and a plurality of dispersed phases are injected, respectively, and includes a plurality of inlet ports into which continuous and dispersed phases are injected, and a discharge port from which a plurality of droplets composed of the continuous and dispersed phases and generated by the intersection thereof are discharged.

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