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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Selective liquid sliding surface and method of fabricating the same
- Patent number 12,112,941
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERAPATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
- Seong Min Kang
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
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Integrated fluidic devices and related methods
- Patent number 11,975,320
- Issue date May 7, 2024
- HelixBind, Inc.
- Alon Singer
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for undermedia repellency
- Patent number 11,951,472
- Issue date Apr 9, 2024
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Chao Li
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Digital microfluidics systems and methods with integrated plasma co...
- Patent number 11,857,969
- Issue date Jan 2, 2024
- mirOculus Inc.
- Mais J. Jebrail
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Electrode plate, microfluidic chip and method of manufacturing elec...
- Patent number 11,759,778
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Xiaoxin Song
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Grant
Wettability-patterning method and designs for pumpless transport an...
- Patent number 11,648,553
- Issue date May 16, 2023
- Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Constantine Megaridis
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Digital microfluidics systems and methods with integrated plasma co...
- Patent number 11,413,617
- Issue date Aug 16, 2022
- mirOculus Inc.
- Mais J. Jebrail
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Controlled liquid/solid mobility using external fields on lubricant...
- Patent number 11,079,141
- Issue date Aug 3, 2021
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Karim Samir Khalil
- F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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Chip and application thereof
- Patent number 10,981,164
- Issue date Apr 20, 2021
- GeneMind Biosciences Company Limited
- Ping Wu
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Enrichment and detection of nucleic acids with ultra-high sensitivity
- Patent number 10,837,061
- Issue date Nov 17, 2020
- The Regents of the University of California
- Yu-Hwa Lo
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Integrated fluidic devices and related methods
- Patent number 10,730,041
- Issue date Aug 4, 2020
- HelixBind, Inc.
- Alon Singer
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Meniscus reducing member
- Patent number 10,537,891
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- StemCell Technologies Inc.
- Oliver Egeler
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Droplet actuator and methods of droplet manipulation
- Patent number 10,525,472
- Issue date Jan 7, 2020
- Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Santosh Pandey
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Microreactor and method for loading a liquid
- Patent number 10,518,264
- Issue date Dec 31, 2019
- DISTRETTO TECNOLOGICO SICILIA MICRO E NANO SISTEMI S.C.A.R.L.
- Sabrina Conoci
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Scalable manufacturing of superhydrophobic structures in plastics
- Patent number 10,427,331
- Issue date Oct 1, 2019
- The Regents of the University of California
- Jolie McLane
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Grant
Chip and application thereof
- Patent number 10,427,154
- Issue date Oct 1, 2019
- GeneMind Biosciences Company Limited
- Ping Wu
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Wettability patterned substrates for pumpless liquid transport and...
- Patent number 10,421,072
- Issue date Sep 24, 2019
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Constantine M. Megaridis
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Programmable fluidic processors
- Patent number 10,413,912
- Issue date Sep 17, 2019
- The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Peter R. C. Gascoyne
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Meniscus reducing member
- Patent number 9,931,633
- Issue date Apr 3, 2018
- StemCell Technologies Inc.
- Oliver Egeler
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Apparatus for controlling the movement of a liquid on a nanostructu...
- Patent number 9,433,907
- Issue date Sep 6, 2016
- Alcatel Lucent
- Avinoam Kornblit
- B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
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Fluidic channel based on a filtered, free-space electromagnetic wav...
- Patent number 9,315,846
- Issue date Apr 19, 2016
- The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
- Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Vibration-driven droplet transport devices
- Patent number 9,279,435
- Issue date Mar 8, 2016
- University of Washington through its Center for Communication
- Karl F. Bohringer
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Programmable fluidic processors
- Patent number 8,974,652
- Issue date Mar 10, 2015
- Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Peter R. C. Gascoyne
- B03 - SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES O...
Information Patent Grant
Method of controlling water droplet movement using microfluidic device
- Patent number 8,905,078
- Issue date Dec 9, 2014
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Hae-Shin Lee
- F15 - FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
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Hydrophobic coating compositions and articles coated with said comp...
- Patent number 8,785,556
- Issue date Jul 22, 2014
- Cytonix, LLC
- James F. Brown
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Grant
Process for hydrophobically coating a pipette tip
- Patent number 8,753,715
- Issue date Jun 17, 2014
- Hamilton Bonaduz AG
- Vinzenz Kirste
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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Concentrator and locator device of a solute and method for concentr...
- Patent number 8,749,777
- Issue date Jun 10, 2014
- Calmed S.r.l.
- Enzo Mario Di Fabrizio
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Anisotropic wetting behavior on one-dimensional patterned surfaces...
- Patent number 8,377,390
- Issue date Feb 19, 2013
- STC.UNM
- Steven R. J. Brueck
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Articles comprising hydrophobic surfaces
- Patent number 8,221,870
- Issue date Jul 17, 2012
- Cytonix LLC
- James F. Brown
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Grant
Hydrophobic coating compositions, articles coated with said composi...
- Patent number 8,168,264
- Issue date May 1, 2012
- Cytonix LLC
- James F. Brown
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERMEDIA REPELLENCY
- Publication number 20240351020
- Publication date Oct 24, 2024
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Chao Li
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Application
INTEGRATED FLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
- Publication number 20240238776
- Publication date Jul 18, 2024
- HelixBind, Inc.
- Alon Singer
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
A DEVICE, A SURFACE, AND A BIOSENSOR
- Publication number 20230278033
- Publication date Sep 7, 2023
- IMEC vzw
- Christopher Chare
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED PLASMA CO...
- Publication number 20230049633
- Publication date Feb 16, 2023
- MIROCULUS INC.
- Mais J. JEBRAIL
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SELECTIVE LIQUID SLIDING SURFACE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
- Publication number 20220344148
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- THE INDUSTRY & ACADEMIC COOPERPATION IN CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (IAC)
- Seoung Min KANG
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
PORTABLE SENSOR DEVICE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF HEAVYMETAL IONS AND M...
- Publication number 20210364489
- Publication date Nov 25, 2021
- Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Yi Cui
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Electrode Plate, Microfluidic Chip And Method Of Manufacturing Elec...
- Publication number 20210220826
- Publication date Jul 22, 2021
- BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
- Xiaoxin Song
- C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL CHEMI...
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERMEDIA REPELLENCY
- Publication number 20210138451
- Publication date May 13, 2021
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Chao Li
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED PLASMA CO...
- Publication number 20200179933
- Publication date Jun 11, 2020
- MIROCULUS INC.
- Mais J. JEBRAIL
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOVING AND DISTRIBUTING AQUEOUS LIQUIDS AT...
- Publication number 20190344266
- Publication date Nov 14, 2019
- Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Constantine Megaridis
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
WETTABILITY-PATTERNING METHOD AND DESIGNS FOR PUMPLESS TRANSPORT AN...
- Publication number 20190262825
- Publication date Aug 29, 2019
- Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Constantine Megaridis
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ENRICHMENT AND DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS WITH ULTRA-HIGH SENSITIVITY
- Publication number 20190194751
- Publication date Jun 27, 2019
- The Regents of the University of California
- Yu-Hwa Lo
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
MENISCUS REDUCING MEMBER
- Publication number 20180200711
- Publication date Jul 19, 2018
- STEMCELL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Oliver Egeler
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
EVAPORATION ON SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES...
- Publication number 20170276664
- Publication date Sep 28, 2017
- The Regents of the University of California
- Michelle Khine
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
INTEGRATED FLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS
- Publication number 20170259257
- Publication date Sep 14, 2017
- HelixBind, Inc.
- Alon Singer
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
WETTABILITY PATTERNED SUBSTRATES FOR PUMPLESS LIQUID TRANSPORT AND...
- Publication number 20160339424
- Publication date Nov 24, 2016
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Constantine M. MEGARIDIS
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
MANIPULATION OF DROPLETS ON HYDROPHILIC OR VARIEGATED-HYDROPHILIC S...
- Publication number 20160199832
- Publication date Jul 14, 2016
- Advanced Liquid Logic France SAS
- Arash Jamshidi
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
EVAPORATION ON SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES...
- Publication number 20160169867
- Publication date Jun 16, 2016
- The Regents of the University of California
- Michelle Khine
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF REACTION SITES
- Publication number 20150259754
- Publication date Sep 17, 2015
- UTI Limited Partnership
- Karan Kaler
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
MICROREACTOR AND METHOD FOR LOADING A LIQUID
- Publication number 20140291152
- Publication date Oct 2, 2014
- STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Sabrina CONOCI
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
VIBRATION-DRIVEN DROPLET TRANSPORT DEVICES
- Publication number 20140144518
- Publication date May 29, 2014
- University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
- Karl F. Bohringer
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
NON-ADHERENT CELL SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
- Publication number 20140093962
- Publication date Apr 3, 2014
- The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Patrick Neal Ingram
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
NON-ADHERENT CELL SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD
- Publication number 20140093953
- Publication date Apr 3, 2014
- The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Patrick Neal Ingram
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
PIPETTE TIP HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE TEXTURE
- Publication number 20130280423
- Publication date Oct 24, 2013
- Vinzenz KIRSTE
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
Information Patent Application
METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER DROPLET MOVEMENT USING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE
- Publication number 20130081698
- Publication date Apr 4, 2013
- Hae-Shin Lee
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
VIBRATION-DRIVEN DROPLET TRANSPORT DEVICES HAVING TEXTURED SURFACES
- Publication number 20120318369
- Publication date Dec 20, 2012
- University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
- Karl F. Bohringer
- F04 - POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC...
Information Patent Application
Hydrophobic Coating Compositions and Articles Coated With Said Comp...
- Publication number 20120214893
- Publication date Aug 23, 2012
- Cytonix LLC
- James F. Brown
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PIPETTE TIP HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE TEXTURE
- Publication number 20120009100
- Publication date Jan 12, 2012
- HAMILTON BONADUZ AG
- Vinzenz KIRSTE
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
Patterning Of Surfaces To Control The Storage, Mobility And Transpo...
- Publication number 20110286896
- Publication date Nov 24, 2011
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Dennis W. Hess
- B81 - MICRO-STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Application
CONCENTRATOR AND LOCATOR DEVICE OF A SOLUTE AND METHOD FOR CONCENTR...
- Publication number 20110188037
- Publication date Aug 4, 2011
- CALMED S.R.L.
- Enzo Mario Di Fabrizio
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL

Suprahydrophobic Ultraphobic Lotus-effect

Industry

Parent Industries

Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Selective liquid sliding surface and method of fabricating the same

Integrated fluidic devices and related methods

Systems and methods for undermedia repellency

Digital microfluidics systems and methods with integrated plasma co...

Electrode plate, microfluidic chip and method of manufacturing elec...

Wettability-patterning method and designs for pumpless transport an...

Digital microfluidics systems and methods with integrated plasma co...

Controlled liquid/solid mobility using external fields on lubricant...

Chip and application thereof

Enrichment and detection of nucleic acids with ultra-high sensitivity

Integrated fluidic devices and related methods

Meniscus reducing member

Droplet actuator and methods of droplet manipulation

Microreactor and method for loading a liquid

Scalable manufacturing of superhydrophobic structures in plastics

Chip and application thereof

Wettability patterned substrates for pumpless liquid transport and...

Programmable fluidic processors

Meniscus reducing member

Apparatus for controlling the movement of a liquid on a nanostructu...

Fluidic channel based on a filtered, free-space electromagnetic wav...

Vibration-driven droplet transport devices

Programmable fluidic processors

Method of controlling water droplet movement using microfluidic device

Hydrophobic coating compositions and articles coated with said comp...

Process for hydrophobically coating a pipette tip

Concentrator and locator device of a solute and method for concentr...

Anisotropic wetting behavior on one-dimensional patterned surfaces...

Articles comprising hydrophobic surfaces

Hydrophobic coating compositions, articles coated with said composi...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERMEDIA REPELLENCY

INTEGRATED FLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS

A DEVICE, A SURFACE, AND A BIOSENSOR

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED PLASMA CO...

SELECTIVE LIQUID SLIDING SURFACE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

PORTABLE SENSOR DEVICE FOR RAPID DETECTION OF HEAVYMETAL IONS AND M...

Electrode Plate, Microfluidic Chip And Method Of Manufacturing Elec...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERMEDIA REPELLENCY

DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED PLASMA CO...

A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOVING AND DISTRIBUTING AQUEOUS LIQUIDS AT...

WETTABILITY-PATTERNING METHOD AND DESIGNS FOR PUMPLESS TRANSPORT AN...

ENRICHMENT AND DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS WITH ULTRA-HIGH SENSITIVITY

MENISCUS REDUCING MEMBER

EVAPORATION ON SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES...

INTEGRATED FLUIDIC DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS

WETTABILITY PATTERNED SUBSTRATES FOR PUMPLESS LIQUID TRANSPORT AND...

MANIPULATION OF DROPLETS ON HYDROPHILIC OR VARIEGATED-HYDROPHILIC S...

EVAPORATION ON SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FOR DETECTION OF ANALYTES...

DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF REACTION SITES

MICROREACTOR AND METHOD FOR LOADING A LIQUID

VIBRATION-DRIVEN DROPLET TRANSPORT DEVICES

NON-ADHERENT CELL SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD

NON-ADHERENT CELL SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD

PIPETTE TIP HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE TEXTURE

METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER DROPLET MOVEMENT USING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE

VIBRATION-DRIVEN DROPLET TRANSPORT DEVICES HAVING TEXTURED SURFACES

Hydrophobic Coating Compositions and Articles Coated With Said Comp...

PIPETTE TIP HAVING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE TEXTURE

Patterning Of Surfaces To Control The Storage, Mobility And Transpo...

CONCENTRATOR AND LOCATOR DEVICE OF A SOLUTE AND METHOD FOR CONCENTR...