Figure 3.
On-chip Mixing. (a) Magnetically actuated artificial cilia induce a mixing vortex; the in-plane fluid path is denoted by black lines. Reprinted with permission from Chen, C.-Y.; Chen, C.-Y.; Lin, C.-Y.; Hu, Y.-T. Lab Chip 2013, 13, 2834-2839. Copyright 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry. (b) Mixing using pneumatically actuated microvalves allows multiple reagents to be loaded into the combining valve. Reprinted with permission from Jensen, E. C.; Stockton, A. M.; Chiesl, T. N.; Kim, J.; Bera, A.; Mathies, R. A. Lab Chip 2013, 13, 288-296. Copyright 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.