Nano-Net. Third International ICST Conference, NanoNet 2008, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Digital Microfluidic Logic Gates

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_11,
        author={Yang Zhao and Tao Xu and Krishnendu Chakrabarty},
        title={Digital Microfluidic Logic Gates},
        proceedings={Nano-Net. Third International ICST Conference, NanoNet 2008, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-16, 2008, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={NANO-NET},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={microfluidic computing digital microfluidics logic gate},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_11}
    }
    
  • Yang Zhao
    Tao Xu
    Krishnendu Chakrabarty
    Year: 2012
    Digital Microfluidic Logic Gates
    NANO-NET
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02427-6_11
Yang Zhao1,*, Tao Xu1,*, Krishnendu Chakrabarty1,*
  • 1: Duke University
*Contact email: yz61@ee.duke.edu, tx@ee.duke.edu, krish@ee.duke.edu

Abstract

Microfluidic computing is an emerging application for microfluidics technology. We propose microfluidic logic gates based on digital microfluidics. Using the principle of electrowetting-on-dielectric, AND, OR, NOT and XOR gates are implemented through basic droplet-handling operations such as transporting, merging and splitting. The same input-output interpretation enables the cascading of gates to create nontrivial computing systems. We present a potential application for microfluidic logic gates by implementing microfluidic logic operations for on-chip HIV test.