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Microscale devices and reactions in microscale devices

  • US 6,271,021 B1
  • Filed: 03/18/1999
  • Issued: 08/07/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device comprising:

  • i) a housing comprised of silicon, ii) a microdroplet transport channel etched in said silicon, iii) a microdroplet receiving means in liquid communication with a reaction region via said transport channels, and iv) a liquid barrier disposed between said transport channels and a microdroplet flow-directing means wherein said liquid barrier comprises a first silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer, and a second silicon oxide layer.

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