Cambridge Enterprise Limited

Daniel Bratton

Chris Abell

Wilhelm T S Huck

Graeme Whyte

Luis M Fidalgo

Whyte Graeme

This invention relates to microfluidic systems and more particularly to methods and apparatus for accessing the contents of micro droplets () in an emulsion stream. A method of accessing the contents of a droplet () of an emulsion in a microfluidic system, the method comprising: flowing the emulsion alongside a continuous, non-emulsive stream of second fluid () to provide an interface () between said emulsion and said stream of second fluid (); and in embodiments applying one or both of an electric () and magnetic field across said interface () to alter a trajectory of a said droplet () of said emulsion to cause said droplet to coalesce with said stream of second fluid (); and accessing said contents of said droplet () in said second stream ().

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