Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Minsuk Jeong

Dong-Ho Shin

Moon Youn Jung

Seon Hee Park

Seon-Hee Park

Moon-Youn Jung

Sanghee Kim

Kyu Ho Song

Hye-Yoon Kim

HyeYoon Kim

JuHyun Jeon

Provided are a microfluidic device and a microfluidic analysis equipment. The microfluidic device includes guides disposed along both edges, a lower plate including a flow path defined between the guides, and a movable upper plate moved along the guides on the lower plate and having a length less than that the flow path. A fluid flow can be simply accurately controlled by adjusting a position of the movable upper plate. As a result, the fluid can sufficiently react in the detection part and the reaction part. Therefore, effective reaction and detection can be realized using only a small amount of fluid, thereby improving sensitivity. In addition, due to the improved sensitivity, a washing process for removing materials that are not consumed in the reaction can be omitted. Also, the movable upper plate can be manually moved using a user's finger.

Microfluidic device and microfluidic analysis equipment

Provided is a lab-on-a-chip. The lab-on-a-chip includes a first region where a lower substrate and an upper substrate are bonded to each other, a second region where the lower and upper substrates are not bonded, and a gap adjusting member disposed at an end of the second region that is opposite to a boundary between the first and second regions, the gap adjusting member being configured to adjust a gap between the first and second substrates to control a capillary force.

Lab-on-a-chip and method of driving the same

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Minsuk Jeong