“Digital Microfluidics” is a revolutionary approach to liquid handling. There are no pipes, pumps or valves. Instead, discrete droplets are manipulated electrically – using electrodes to independently control each droplet. Digital microfluidics enables extremely flexible Lab-on-a-Chip devices that can be configured in software to execute virtually any assay protocol.

To see how a single chip can be programmed to perform multiple functions, select a set of basic “Droplet Operations” and click “Play.”

Sequences of basic Droplet Operations can be combined to create complex liquid handling protocols. Hundreds of droplets can be simultaneously and independently manipulated – allowing even complex assays to be implemented quickly and reliably.