Daniel McCluskey

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report an investigation of the variation in the mechanical properties of bulk polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomers with curing temperature, over the range 25 ◦ C to 200 ¼ C, over a range up to 40% strain and hardness of 44−54 ShA.

TL;DR: The fully-integrated portable platform described in this paper is highly compatible with the next generation of electrowetting-coupled air samplers and thus shows strong potential toward future in-field deployable biodetection systems and could have key implication in life-changing sectors such as healthcare, environment or food security.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate focusing, separation and concentration of particles with closely spaced diameters of 2.1 and 3.2 μm, significantly smaller than previously reported as separated in Dean flow devices, and conclude that flow separation specificity can be fine-tuned by adjustment of output pressure differentials, improving separation of closely spaced particle sizes.

TL;DR: Foat et al. as discussed by the authors presented a prototype personal aerosol sampler based on electrostatic precipitation and electrowetting-on-dielectric actuation of droplets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the use of super-hydrophobic materials as the actuating surface in digital microfluidics (DMF) devices is examined, and the change in contact angle by electrowetting of deionised water and ovalbumin protein samples is characterised on different surfaces.