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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Vijay Srinivasan, Durham, NC (US);
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Zhishan Hua, Greensboro, NC (US);
Arjun Sudarsan, Cary, NC (US);
Allen E. Eckhardt, Durham, NC (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Durham, NC (US);
Michael G. Pollack, Durham, NC (US);
Zhishan Hua, Greensboro, NC (US);
Arjun Sudarsan, Cary, NC (US);
Allen E. Eckhardt, Durham, NC (US);
Vamsee K. Pamula, Durham, NC (US);
Advanced Liquid Logic Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
Droplet actuators for conducting droplet operations, such as droplet transport and droplet dispensing, are provided. In one embodiment, the droplet actuator may include a substrate including, droplet operations electrodes arranged for conducting droplet operations on a surface of the substrate; and reference electrodes associated with the droplet operations electrodes and extending above the surface of the substrate. Other embodiments of droplet actuators and methods of loading and using such droplet actuators are also provided.