Performing microdroplets mixing using an acoustic transducer with low vibration frequencies

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a parallel microdroplet mixing strategy based on local acoustic field generation using low frequency vibrations. An active acoustic mixer array was designed and fabricated. This microfluidic device permits the creation in parallel of an active mixture in a matrix of 25 microdroplets that are localized on a surface. It was designed to avoid contamination between droplets while they are excited. Experiments showing the active mixture of droplets will be presented