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From: Laser fabrication of modular superhydrophobic chips for reconfigurable assembly and self-propelled droplet manipulation

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Design principle of MDCs. a An MDC is a gravity driven droplet-handling chip without using external auxiliary power. It contains compatible functional modules, just like macroscopic apparatus, that can be flexibly assembled as an integrated experiment platform. In addition, it is several centimeters in size, and enables systematically manipulating microliter-sized droplets, just like a portable microfluidic chip. b Sketches of basic functional modules adopted in MDCs. c Typical presentations of modules with embossed structures constructed by sunken grooves and protuberant ridges. d An MDC assembled by 12 modules. The scale bar is 1 cm

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