Welcome to the Wheeler Microfluidics Laboratory
The "lab-on-a-chip" concept promises reduced reagent consumption and analysis time, the capacity to integrate multiple functions onto a single device, and the potential for high throughput analysis. Two paradigms have emerged for lab-on-a-chip: microchannels and digital microfluidics. The former technique relies on enclosed, interconnecting, micron-dimension channels; the latter facilitates transport of discrete droplets of fluid across the surface of an array of electrodes.* We are developing hybrid methods that rely on the unique advantages of microchannels and digital microfluidics for high-throughput bioanalytical applications.
*For a comprehensive introduction to digital microfluidics, see our recent reviews in Science, ABC, Adv. Mat. or COCB.
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