An electrowetting-based microfluidic platform for magnetic bioassays

• Here we present our recent work on a droplet-based microfluidic device for manipulating microliter-sized droplets. By replacing the formerly used common dielectric SiO2 with Si3N4 and applying a 33 nm thick Teflon top layer to create a hydrophobic surface, we successfully lowered the actuation voltage from 450 V to 50 Vdc/40 Vac. Sputtered HfO2 with high dielectric constant was also investigated as an insulator, which could reproducibly yield thin defect-free insulation layers and lower the actuation voltage to less than 40 V.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Annan teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Other Engineering and Technologies (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

High-k dielectric

Hafnium dioxide (HfO2)

ElectroWetting-On-Dielectric (EWOD)

Silicon nitride (Si3N4)

Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)

Digital microfluidics

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