Patent · US Expired

Method and device for moving and placing liquid drops in a controlled manner

US7214302B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Sunyx Surface Nanotechnologies GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Reihs · Cologne, DE
Burkhard Kohler · Leverkusen, DE
Dieter Rühle · Odenthal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2000
Grant date	May 8, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L2400/0415
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device which serves for moving and dosing amounts of liquid on a microscopic scale with a volume of especially 10−12 to 10−6 liters by means of an inhomogeneous electric field using a support having an ultraphobic surface.

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