Imitating Musical Scores on a Chip Through Droplet Generation

Abstract

We have demonstrated fine control of droplet volumes on a chip using pneumatically actuated micro valve systems resulting in confined nanoliter or picoliter reagent generation. Using the micro valves, we are able to align multi-inlet droplet generating chips for systematic generation of combinatorial mixtures of chemical constituents. By following the change of chemical conditions such as pH we converted musical note information into sequential droplets representing musical scores of 'Twinkle little star.' It would just one of the interesting application of micro-droplet generation systems based on accurate droplet generation, mixing, and incubation. It, thus, would be applied to combinatorial chemical and biological reactions increasing throughput and efficiency with various kinds of reagents.