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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Cary, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Cary, NC (US);
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Richard B. Fair, Durham, NC (US);
Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Duke University, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to droplet-based surface modification and washing. According to one embodiment, a method of splitting a droplet is provided, the method including providing a droplet microactuator including a droplet including one or more beads and immobilizing at least one of the one or more beads. The method further includes conducting one or more droplet operations to divide the droplet to yield a set of droplets including a droplet including the one or more immobilized beads and a droplet substantially lacking the one or more immobilized beads.