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2015
Daniel Grissom, Christopher Curtis, Skyler Windh, Calvin Phung, Navin Kumar, Zachary Zimmerman, Kenneth O’Neal, Jeffrey McDaniel, Nicholas Liao, and Philip Brisk. 2015. “An Open-Source Compiler and PCB Synthesis Tool for Digital Microfluidic Biochips”. Integration, the VLSI Journal, 51, Pp. 169-93
Daniel Grissom, Christopher Curtis, Skyler Windh, Calvin Phung, Navin Kumar, Zachary Zimmerman, Kenneth O’Neal, Jeffrey McDaniel, Nicholas Liao, and Philip Brisk. 2015. “An Open-Source Compiler and PCB Synthesis Tool for Digital Microfluidic Biochips”. Integration, the VLSI Journal, 51, Pp. 169-93
This paper describes a publicly available, open source software framework designed to support research efforts on algorithms and control for digital microfluidic biochips (DMFBs), an emerging laboratory-on-a-chip (LoC) technology. The framework consists...
Hector Hugo Caicedo and Scott T. Brady. 2015. “Microfluidics: The Challenge Is to Bridge the Gap Instead of Looking for a ‘Killer App’”. Trends in Biotechnology, 34, 1, Pp. 1-3
Hector Hugo Caicedo and Scott T. Brady. 2015. “Microfluidics: The Challenge Is to Bridge the Gap Instead of Looking for a ‘Killer App’”. Trends in Biotechnology, 34, 1, Pp. 1-3
2013
Ryan Fobel, Christian Fobel, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2013. “DropBot: An Open-Source Digital Microfluidic Control System With Precise Control of Electrostatic Driving Force and Instantaneous Drop Velocity Measurement”. Applied Physics Letters, 102, 9, Pp. 193513
Ryan Fobel, Christian Fobel, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2013. “DropBot: An Open-Source Digital Microfluidic Control System With Precise Control of Electrostatic Driving Force and Instantaneous Drop Velocity Measurement”. Applied Physics Letters, 102, 9, Pp. 193513
We introduce DropBot: an open-source instrument for digital microfluidics (http://microfluidics.utoronto.ca/dropbot). DropBot features two key functionalities for digital microfluidics: (1) real-time monitoring of instantaneous drop velocity (which we...
Mohtashim H. Shamsi, Kihwan Choi, Alphonsus H. C. Ng, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2013. “A Digital Microfluidic Electrochemical Immunoassay”. Lab on a Chip, 14, 3, Pp. 547-54
Mohtashim H. Shamsi, Kihwan Choi, Alphonsus H. C. Ng, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2013. “A Digital Microfluidic Electrochemical Immunoassay”. Lab on a Chip, 14, 3, Pp. 547-54
Digital microfluidics (DMF) has emerged as a popular format for implementing quantitative immunoassays for diagnostic biomarkers. All previous reports of such assays have relied on optical detection; here, we introduce the first digital microfluidic...
2011
Luis M. Fidalgo and Sebastian J. Maerkl. 2011. “A Software-Programmable Microfluidic Device for Automated Biology”. Lab on a Chip, 9
Luis M. Fidalgo and Sebastian J. Maerkl. 2011. “A Software-Programmable Microfluidic Device for Automated Biology”. Lab on a Chip, 9
2010
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan and William Thies. 2010. “Biocoder: A Programming Language for Standardizing and Automating Biology Protocols”. Journal of Biological Engineering, 4
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan and William Thies. 2010. “Biocoder: A Programming Language for Standardizing and Automating Biology Protocols”. Journal of Biological Engineering, 4
Background: Published descriptions of biology protocols are often ambiguous and incomplete, making themdifficult to replicate in other laboratories. However, there is increasing benefit to formalizing the descriptions ofprotocols, as laboratory...
2009
Nada Amin. 2009. “Computer-Aided Design for Multilayer Microfluidic Chips”
Nada Amin. 2009. “Computer-Aided Design for Multilayer Microfluidic Chips”
Microfluidic chips fabricated by multilayer soft lithography are emerging as “lab-on-a-chip” systems that can automate biological experiments. As we are able to build more complex microfluidic chips with thousands of components, it becomes possible to...
Nada Amin, William Thies, and Saman Amarasinghe. 2009. “Computer-Aided Design for Microfluidic Chips Based on Multilayer Soft Lithography”. Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2009
Nada Amin, William Thies, and Saman Amarasinghe. 2009. “Computer-Aided Design for Microfluidic Chips Based on Multilayer Soft Lithography”. Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2009
Microfluidic chips are emerging as a powerful platform for automating biology experiments. As it becomes possible to integrate tens of thousands of components on a single chip, researchers will require design automation tools to push the scale and...
Minsoung Rhee and Mark A. Burns. 2009. “Microfluidic Pneumatic Logic Circuits and Digital Pneumatic Microprocessors for Integrated Microfluidic Systems”. Lab Chip, 9, 21, Pp. 3131–3143.
Minsoung Rhee and Mark A. Burns. 2009. “Microfluidic Pneumatic Logic Circuits and Digital Pneumatic Microprocessors for Integrated Microfluidic Systems”. Lab Chip, 9, 21, Pp. 3131–3143.
2008
William Thies, John Paul Urbanski, Todd Thorsen, and Saman Amarasinghe. 2008. “Abstraction Layers for Scalable Microfluidic Biocomputing”. Natural Computing, 7, 2, Pp. 255-75
William Thies, John Paul Urbanski, Todd Thorsen, and Saman Amarasinghe. 2008. “Abstraction Layers for Scalable Microfluidic Biocomputing”. Natural Computing, 7, 2, Pp. 255-75
Microfluidic devices are emerging as an attractive technology for automatically orchestrating the reactions needed in a biological computer. Thousands of microfluidic primitives have already been integrated on a single chip, and recent trends indicate...
Hao Yang, Vivienne N. Luk, Mohamed Abelgawad, Irena Barbulovic-Nad, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2008. “A World-to-Chip Interface for Digital Microfluidics”. Analytical Chemistry, 81, 3, Pp. 1061-67
Hao Yang, Vivienne N. Luk, Mohamed Abelgawad, Irena Barbulovic-Nad, and Aaron R. Wheeler. 2008. “A World-to-Chip Interface for Digital Microfluidics”. Analytical Chemistry, 81, 3, Pp. 1061-67
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is a fluid handling technique that enables manipulation of discrete droplets on an array of electrodes. There is considerable enthusiasm for this method because of the potential for array-based screening applications. A...