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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Applicant:
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventors:
Nancy Allbritton, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yuli Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Christopher Sims, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 3/06 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/32 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 23/16 (2013.01); B01L 3/5027 (2013.01); B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B81C 1/00206 (2013.01); C12M 23/12 (2013.01); C12M 29/20 (2013.01); C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0684 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00158 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microfabricated device having at least one gas-entrapping feature formed therein in a configuration that entraps air bubbles upon wetting the feature with a solvent or solution is described. The device includes a sacrificial residue in contact with the gas-entrapping feature, the dissolution of which guides the wetting of the gas-entrapping feature.