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Cover Picture: Surface-Tension-Confined Microfluidics and Their Applications (ChemPhysChem 3/2013)

  1. Inseong You1,
  2. Nayeon Yun2,
  3. Prof. Haeshin Lee1,2,*

Article first published online: 14 FEB 2013

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201390010

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ChemPhysChem

ChemPhysChem

Volume 14, Issue 3, page 453, February 25, 2013

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You, I., Yun, N. and Lee, H. (2013), Cover Picture: Surface-Tension-Confined Microfluidics and Their Applications (ChemPhysChem 3/2013). ChemPhysChem, 14: 453. doi: 10.1002/cphc.201390010

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  1. 1

    Graduate School of Nanoscience & Technology (WCU), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 305-701 (Republic of Korea)

  2. 2

    Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 305-701 (Republic of Korea)

*Graduate School of Nanoscience & Technology (WCU), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 305-701 (Republic of Korea)

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  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2013
  2. Article first published online: 14 FEB 2013

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Keywords:

  • asymmetric structures;
  • bio-assays;
  • chemical reactions;
  • hydrophilic/hydrophobic patterns;
  • microfluidics
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Surface-tension-confined microfluidics (STCM) has become a rapidly emerging research area. STCM utilizes surface tension (i.e. energy) to control movement of streams or droplets of liquid. Thus, STCM typically operates on a 2D platform rather than in 3D. This evolution of microfulidics from 3D to 2D platforms opens new opportunities in applications as well as the physical chemistry of surfaces, as reviewed by H. Lee et al. on p. 471.

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