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A Study on the Generation of Single Cell Droplets via the Combination of Lateral-Field Optoelectronic Tweezers and Electrowetting-on-Dielectric

  • Jiawei Zhao
  • , Shunxiao Huang
  • , Hongyi Xiong
  • , Chunyuan Gan
  • , Jingwen Ye
  • , Wenyan Niu
  • , Lin Feng*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Microfluidic technology is currently a popular approach in the field of single-cell research, which is used to reveal the heterogeneity among cells. However, most of the existing microfluidic technologies for single-cell research lack the ability to control the microenvironment of single cells after isolating them. In this work, a technology that combines lateral-field optoelectronic tweezers (LOET) with electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) is used to separate cells into single cells and then encapsulate each single cell within an individual droplet, generating single-cell droplets. More importantly, it also enables the control of the microenvironment of the separated single cells. The driving control of the single - cell droplets is achieved through the EWOD, which has good application prospects in the field of single- cell research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIROS 2025 - 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Conference Proceedings
EditorsChristian Laugier, Alessandro Renzaglia, Nikolay Atanasov, Stan Birchfield, Grzegorz Cielniak, Leonardo De Mattos, Laura Fiorini, Philippe Giguere, Kenji Hashimoto, Javier Ibanez-Guzman, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Jinoh Lee, Giuseppe Loianno, Kevin Luck, Hisataka Maruyama, Philippe Martinet, Hadi Moradi, Urbano Nunes, Julien Pettre, Alberto Pretto, Tommaso Ranzani, Arne Ronnau, Silvia Rossi, Elliott Rouse, Fabio Ruggiero, Olivier Simonin, Danwei Wang, Ming Yang, Eiichi Yoshida, Huijing Zhao
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages283-288
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798331543938
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2025 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 19 Oct 202525 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period19/10/2525/10/25

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