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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Inventors:

Wolfgang Andreas Bauer, Cambridge, GB;

Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Cambridge, GB;

Martin Fischlechner, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:

Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15C 1/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B05D 7/22 (2006.01); B05C 7/04 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); B01F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502707 (2013.01); B01F 17/00 (2013.01); B05C 7/04 (2013.01); B05D 7/22 (2013.01); B05D 7/222 (2013.01); B81C 1/00119 (2013.01); B81C 1/00206 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0059 (2013.01); B01J 2219/0097 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00511 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00637 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00783 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00788 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00831 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00833 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00837 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0867 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0214 (2013.01); B81B 2201/05 (2013.01); B81B 2201/052 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04);
Abstract

We describe a method of layer-by-layer deposition of a plurality of layers of material onto the wall or walls of a channel of a microfluidic device, the method comprising: loading a tube with a series of segments of solution, a said segment of solution bearing a material to be deposited; coupling said tube to said microfluidic device; and injecting said segments of solution into said microfluidic device such that said segments of solution pass, in turn, through said channel depositing successive layers of material to perform said layer-by-layer deposition onto said wall or walls of said channel. Embodiments of the methods are particularly useful for automated surface modification of plastic, for example PDMS (Poly(dimethylsiloxane)), microchannels. We also describe methods and apparatus for forming double-emulsions.


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