Publication detail

Nanoliter-sized overheated reactor

NEUŽIL, P. SUN, W. KARÁSEK, T. MANZ, A.

Original Title

Nanoliter-sized overheated reactor

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

We report on a microfluidic system formed by 200 nl water droplets, encapsulated by a 600 nl mineral oil placed on a hydrophobically coated glass microscope cover slip. The micromachined heater underneath the glass was able to heat up the sample at a heating rate of 650 C/s, heating the water sample up to 200 C in less than 2 s. The sample/glass and the sample/oil interface did not have nucleation centers, showing that the sample reached a superheated stage without the necessity of being pressurized to suppress boiling. This method can be utilized for various applications currently being conducted in autoclaves.

Keywords

nanoliter, overheated, reactor

Authors

NEUŽIL, P.; SUN, W.; KARÁSEK, T.; MANZ, A.

RIV year

2015

Released

16. 1. 2015

Publisher

AIP Publishing

ISBN

0003-6951

Periodical

Applied Physics Letters

Year of study

106

Number

024104

State

United States of America

Pages from

024104-1

Pages to

024104-5

Pages count

5

URL

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