TY - GEN
T1 - Comparison of switching principles in microfluidic bus networks
AU - Hamidović, Medina
AU - Haselmayr, Werner
AU - Grimmer, Andreas
AU - Wille, Robert
AU - Springer, Andreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2018/9/5
Y1 - 2018/9/5
N2 - In this work, we investigate passive droplet routing in microfluidic bus networks as a promising approach for realizing programmable and flexible microfluidic devices. Two main concepts for passive droplet routing have been established in the past: switching by distance and switching by size. In this work, we deliver a unified analysis and comparison of both methods in terms of network size and achievable throughput.We complete the analysis by identifying the key limiting parameters for both metrics and providing some application specific design guidelines.
AB - In this work, we investigate passive droplet routing in microfluidic bus networks as a promising approach for realizing programmable and flexible microfluidic devices. Two main concepts for passive droplet routing have been established in the past: switching by distance and switching by size. In this work, we deliver a unified analysis and comparison of both methods in terms of network size and achievable throughput.We complete the analysis by identifying the key limiting parameters for both metrics and providing some application specific design guidelines.
KW - Droplet-based microfluidics
KW - Microfluidic bus network
KW - Passive droplet Control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055793554&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3233188.3233206
DO - 10.1145/3233188.3233206
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055793554
T3 - Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2018
BT - Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, NANOCOM 2018
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 5th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, ACM NanoCom 2018
Y2 - 5 September 2018 through 7 September 2018
ER -