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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Berkeley Lights, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);
Ming-Chiang Wu, Moraga, CA (US);
Jodi Tsu-An Loo, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Shao Ning Pei, Albany, CA (US);
Gaetan L. Mathieu, Varennes, CA;
Jian Gong, Danville, CA (US);
Randall D. Lowe, Jr., Emeryville, CA (US);
Justin K. Valley, Berkeley, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
BERKELEY LIGHTS, INC., Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Single-sided optoelectrowetting (SSOEW)-configured substrates are provided, as well as microfluidic devices that include such substrates. The substrates can include a planar electrode, a photoconductive (or photosensitive) layer, a dielectric layer (single-layer or composite), a mesh electrode, and a hydrophobic coating. Fluid droplets can be moved across the hydrophobic coating of such substrates in a light-actuated manner, upon the application of a suitable AC voltage potential across the substrate and the focusing of light into the photoconductive layer of the substrate in a location proximal to the droplets. Walls can be disposed upon the substrates to form the microfluidic devices. Together the walls and substrate can form a microfluidic circuit, through which droplets can be moved.