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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Jessamine Lee, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Rustem F. Ismagilov, Chicago, IL (US);
Xingyu Jiang, Arlington, MA (US);
Paul J. A. Kenis, Champaign, IL (US);
Rosaria Ferrigno, Bron, FR;
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
Jessamine Lee, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Rustem F. Ismagilov, Chicago, IL (US);
Xingyu Jiang, Arlington, MA (US);
Paul J. A. Kenis, Champaign, IL (US);
Rosaria Ferrigno, Bron, FR;
George M. Whitesides, Newton, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to fluidic systems and, in particular, fluidic arrays and methods for using them to promote interaction of materials. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a microfluidic system. The microfluidic system includes a first fluid path and a second fluid path segregated from the first fluid path by a first convection controller at a first contact region, wherein at least one of the first fluid path and the second fluid path has a cross-sectional dimension of less than about 1 millimeter. In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of promoting interaction. In another aspect, the invention relates to a device and method for performing titrations.