CN101906378A - Bubble micro valve and bubble micro valve-based micro-fluidic chip - Google Patents

Bubble micro valve and bubble micro valve-based micro-fluidic chip Download PDF

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CN101906378A
CN101906378A CN2010102198606A CN201010219860A CN101906378A CN 101906378 A CN101906378 A CN 101906378A CN 2010102198606 A CN2010102198606 A CN 2010102198606A CN 201010219860 A CN201010219860 A CN 201010219860A CN 101906378 A CN101906378 A CN 101906378A
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张国豪
郭素
王璨
王国青
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Abstract

The invention discloses a bubble micro valve and a bubble micro valve-based micro-fluidic chip. The bubble micro valve provided by the invention comprises a pipeline, and also comprises at least one gas pool and/or one gas pipe communicated with the pipeline. The bubble micro valve-based micro-fluidic chip belongs to the protection range of the invention. The bubble micro valve provided by the invention has the advantages of simple design, controllable operation, wide application range and efficiency in a non-heating state and a closed system in particular. In the micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention, each micro reactor and the bubble micro valve are arranged at intervals, and the reactors are quickly separated under the action of the bubble micro valve after samples are fed in series to form independent and uniform micro reactor arrays. The method has the advantages that: the samples are fed in series, and the volumes of the samples are uniform; and after chips are fed, the micro reactors are quickly separated in a few minutes, and the micro reactors have no cross contamination.

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A kind of bubble micro valve reaches the micro-fluidic chip based on this bubble micro valve
Technical field
The present invention relates to the micro-fluidic chip field, particularly a kind of bubble micro valve reaches the micro-fluidic chip based on this bubble micro valve.
Background technology
Micro-fluidic chip is based on micro electronmechanical processing technology, forms network by the microtubule road on chip, runs through total system and finishes a kind of technology of various biological and chemical processes with controlled microfluid.Early stage in the micro-fluidic chip technical development, chip capillary cataphoresis is its mainstream technology, and is chip used simple in structure, function singleness; In recent years, micro-fluidic chip begins to functionalization, integrated direction develop rapidly, become new focus such as important biological and chemical processes such as dna amplification reaction, immune response, lysises, and in order to study these complicated biochemical reactions, usually need on chip, make the reaction tank of a large amount of, independence, homogeneous, promptly make up the microreactor array.
According to the difference of input mode, the building mode of microreactor array has two kinds of parallel type and string types usually.Parallel type is meant that entrance end and each reaction tank all have a pipeline to be used for sample introduction, and sample enters each reaction tank from the entrance end application of sample in parallel mode.The anisotropy of each reaction tank during for fear of sample introduction, this mode has all proposed very high requirement to the design accuracy of pipeline and the surface properties of chip material.String type is different with it, and the shared pipeline of entrance end and each reaction tank is used for sample introduction, and sample can pass through each reaction tank successively, can guarantee the homogeneity of each reaction tank, but this mode needs little valve to guarantee the independence of each reaction tank.
Existing little valve mainly comprises pneumavalve (Science, 2000,288 (5463): 113-116, Unger M A, Chou H P, Thorsen T, Scherer A, Quake S R.), piezo electric valve, phase transformation valve, moment of torsion valve (Lab Chip, 2009,9,3511-3516, Chien-Fu Chen, Jikun Liu, Chien-Cheng Chang, Don L.DeVoe) etc., these valves or manufacturing technology complexity, be difficult to the portable instrument coupling, or complex operation, be unfavorable for that domestic consumer uses.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of bubble micro valve, the break-make of control stream that can be simple and convenient, and utilize this bubble micro valve to guarantee the independence of each reaction tank in the above-mentioned string type microreactor array.
Bubble micro valve provided by the invention comprises a pipeline, and described bubble micro valve also comprises at least one and the device that described pipeline is connected, and described device is gas pond and/or tracheae.
Above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae can directly be connected with described pipeline, as the gas pond among the embodiment 1 with as described in pipeline directly be connected, the tracheae among the embodiment 9 directly is connected with described pipeline, the gas pond of embodiment 10 directly is connected with described pipeline with tracheae.
Above-mentioned gas pond and/or described tracheae also can be connected with described pipeline by at least one coupling device.
Above-mentioned coupling device is pipe connecting, air-permeable envelope, air permeable plate or non-ventilation property diaphragm.
In certain embodiments, above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae can be by a pipe connecting be connected with above-mentioned pipeline (as embodiment 2-6,8).
For avoiding sample to enter the gas pond by pipe connecting, the size of described pipe connecting (wide, high, long etc. parameter) at least with following parameter correlation: syringe pump or sampler application of sample pressure, the gas pond volume of little valve, envrionment temperature and humidity, the chip internal atmospheric moisture, pipeline and pipe connecting angle, sample solution surface tension, the hydrophilic and hydrophobic matter in pipeline, the gentle pond of pipe connecting.The length of above-mentioned pipe connecting and internal diameter can be provided with according to actual needs, and length is preferred≤10cm, and as 0.75mm or 1mm, internal diameter is preferred≤1cm, as 0.27mm or 0.2mm.
In another embodiment, an air-permeable envelope (as embodiment 7) can be set between above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae and the described pipeline.So both can prevent that sample flow in the pipeline from gas pond or tracheae, can realize that again gas pond or tracheae are communicated with the gas phase of described pipeline.
Further, the aperture of above-mentioned air-permeable envelope is 1nm～1mm.
The material of above-mentioned air-permeable envelope is a polymkeric substance, and described polymkeric substance is Mierocrystalline cellulose, cellulose acetate, nitrocellulose, cellulose mixture, polyolefine, polyimide, nylon, polyethersulfone, polyoxyethylene glycol, sodium alginate, chitin or organosilicon polymer; Described organosilicon polymer is polydimethylsiloxane preferably.
In some cases, be provided with one deck air permeable plate between above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae and the described pipeline, on described air permeable plate, be provided with the hole that described pipeline is connected with described gas pond and/or tracheae.
The effect and the air-permeable envelope of above-mentioned air permeable plate are similar, and the length in above-mentioned hole and internal diameter can be provided with according to actual needs, and the height in this hole is preferred≤10cm, and internal diameter is preferred≤1cm.The size in this hole can be bigger, as 1mm; Also can be less, as 10nm, at this moment hole dimension is similar just and on the air-permeable envelope.
The material of above-mentioned air permeable plate be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics, rubber and silico-aluminate compound.
In some cases, a non-ventilation property diaphragm is set between above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae and the described pipeline, its effect is to guarantee bubble micro valve normal use under given conditions.
The material of above-mentioned non-ventilation property diaphragm be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics and rubber.
Certainly, pipe connecting, air-permeable envelope, air permeable plate or non-ventilation property diaphragm both may be used alone, can also be used in combination, and the syntagmatic between gas pond and/or tracheae, coupling device and the pipeline is not limited to spatial array up and down.The shape in above-mentioned gas pond can be an arbitrary shape.
In order in more environment, to use device of the present invention, can in the gas pond of above-mentioned bubble micro valve, siccative be housed.
Above-mentioned siccative is discolour silica gel, calcium chloride, aluminum oxide or magnesium oxide.
Under above-mentioned any situation, above-mentioned bubble micro valve also can comprise close gas pond and the heating unit that described gas pond is heated.
Above-mentioned heating unit is specifically as follows resistance wire, resistive film or metallic particles; Described metallic particles is gold nano grain preferably.
Certainly heating means can also be alternate manner such as thermal conduction, electromagnetism, ultrasonic wave, laser or infrared rays.
In one case, above-mentioned bubble micro valve also can comprise near the gas pond and to described gas pond refrigerative refrigerating unit.
Above-mentioned refrigerating unit specifically can be the pipe that can adorn cooling liqs.
Certainly, above-mentioned bubble micro valve also can comprise the interconnecting tube that is connected with described gas pond and/or described tracheae.
What feed in the described interconnecting tube is gas, liquid or gas-liquid mixture.
Above-mentioned gas can be N 2
Certainly, starting bubble micro valve can also have other modes, as using material tamping unit or force application apparatus.The material that described material tamping unit is filled is gas, liquid, solid; The application of force method of described force application apparatus comprises pressure type, and piezoelectric type is electrostatic, pneumatic type and electromagnetic type.
The applicable elements of above-mentioned bubble micro valve is open system (sample feeding finish after, do not seal inlet and outlet) or closed system (sample feeding finish after, sealing inlet and outlet).
The material of above-mentioned bubble micro valve be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics, rubber and silico-aluminate compound.
The applicable object of above-mentioned bubble micro valve comprises liquid sample or liquid-solid mixed state sample.
Above-mentioned liquid sample is the liquid of high coefficient of surface tension or the liquid of low surface tension coefficient.
The liquid of above-mentioned high coefficient of surface tension is water; The liquid of described low surface tension comprises enzyme reaction solution, nucleic acid amplification system solution or sodium lauryl sulphate (SDS) solution.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of micro-fluidic chip.
Micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention, comprise the microreactor array, described microreactor array comprise at least one pipeline with by described pipeline at least two reaction tanks being communicated with of serial mutually, and described micro-fluidic chip also comprises arbitrary above-mentioned bubble micro valve, and the pipeline of described bubble micro valve is a section of pipeline of described microreactor array.
At least 1 device is set between the adjacent above-mentioned reaction tank, and described device is above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae.
In one case, gas pond between the adjacent described reaction tank and/or tracheae do not communicate with other gas pond and/or tracheae in the described micro-fluidic chip.
In another case, gas pond in the described micro-fluidic chip and/or tracheae are connected by above-mentioned interconnecting tube.
The object of the present invention is to provide another kind of micro-fluidic chip.
Another kind of micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention comprises the microreactor array, described microreactor array comprises an at least one pipeline and a reaction tank that is connected by described pipeline, described in addition micro-fluidic chip also comprises arbitrary above-mentioned bubble micro valve, and the pipeline of described bubble micro valve is a section of pipeline of described microreactor array.
Described pipeline is provided with at least 1 device, and described device is above-mentioned gas pond and/or tracheae.
Under some situation, gas pond and/or tracheae in the described micro-fluidic chip are connected by above-mentioned interconnecting tube.
The micro-fluidic chip of stating provided by the invention can carry out the biological or chemical reaction.
Above-mentioned biological or chemical reaction comprises nucleic acid amplification reaction, immune response, cell response (comprising cell cultures, cracking etc.).
Above-mentioned nucleic acid amplification reaction comprises polymerase chain reaction (polymerase chain reaction, PCR), strand displacement amplification reaction (strand displacement amplification, SDA), ligase chain reaction (ligase chainreaction, LCR), rely on amplified reaction (the nucleic acid sequence-based amplification of nucleotide sequence, NASBA), the amplified reaction of transcriptive intermediate (transcription-mediated amplification, TMA), loop-mediated isothermal amplification (loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP), rolling circle amplification reaction (rolling circleamplification, RCA), dependence helicase isothermal amplification (helicase-dependent amplification, HDA).
The bubble micro valve time of response proposed by the invention according to different designs from not waiting to several minutes immediately.
Bubble micro valve principle of work proposed by the invention is: by certain controllable operating, make that the volume or the position of gas changes in the bubble micro valve, thereby produce bubble (increase bubble) or eliminate bubble (reducing bubble), final control waits to act on the break-make of stream.
Particularly, comprise following several situation:
1, gas-liquid phase transformation (in the low humidity air evaporation, liquid evaporates in high temperature air as liquid, gas condensation etc. in Cryogenic air) causes the volume or the change in location of gas in the bubble micro valve, produces or eliminate bubble;
2, when gases are heated, they expand or expand when low pressure and cause the gas volume in the bubble micro valve to increase, and produces bubble;
3, material enters volume or the change in location that the gas pond causes gas in the bubble micro valve, produces or eliminate bubble;
4, the gas pond deforms, and causes the atomisation station in the bubble micro valve to change, and produces or eliminate bubble.
Above principle may be used singly or in combin.
The unlatching approach of bubble micro valve used in the present invention includes but not limited to:
1, low humidity air.When using low humidity air approach to open bubble micro valve, the low humidity air can be an ambient air, also can be the low humidity air that chip internal seals, and wherein the latter can use siccative commonly used such as silica gel, calcium chloride, magnesium oxide to obtain.
2, be heated.When the use approach that is heated was opened bubble micro valve, being subjected to hot mode can be that little valve heats separately, also can be the whole heating of chip; Being subjected to by the use of thermal means can be thermal conduction, also can be heating means such as resistive heating, electromagnetism, ultrasonic, infrared source.
3, cooling.The type of cooling can be that bubble micro valve is cooled off separately, also can be the whole cooling of chip; Method of cooling is thermal conduction, as method of cooling such as water-cooled, air-cooled, oil coolings.
4, material is filled.To bubble micro valve inner stuffing matter, the material of filling can be gas, liquid, solid.With gas is example, and the mode that gas imports bubble micro valve can be that chip exterior gas imports chip, also can be that chip internal gas imports the gas pond.The gas of chip internal can be that this has been stored in chip internal, also can be the new gas that produces.The method that gas produces can be an evaporating method, as heats liquid state or solid reagent produces steam, also can electrochemical method, and as electrolysed saline solution obtained, can also be chemical reaction, as acid-base reaction.
5, material pipettes.Pipette the material of outside, gas pond, as wait to act on the material in the pipeline, the gas pool gas is under low pressure expanded.The material that pipettes can be gas, liquid, solid.
6, the chip application of force.Can be to the gas pond application of force, also can be to the structure application of force of outside, gas pond.The application of force can cause the gas pond to deform, and also can cause the chip internal pressure change, and then produces or eliminate bubble.Power can apply by the chip exterior device, also can apply by the chip internal device.These devices can be pressure types, and piezoelectric type is electrostatic, pneumatic type and electromagnetic type.
Above unlatching approach may be used singly or in combin.
The pass closed walk of common bubble micro valve used in the present invention is the inverse process of unlatching approach, as stops heating, stops cooling, derives or remove the material of filling, stops to apply external force etc.Also have some directly to act on the approach of bubble,, use chemical reaction or biological respinse spent gas to reduce bubble as drawing bubble.
The pass closed walk may be used singly or in combin.
Illustrate structure and a kind of unlatching approach of bubble micro valve below: this structure is a kind of simple pattern of bubble micro valve on micro-fluidic chip, and this structure is used gas pond 103 but not tracheae 1202, and the 103 discord external worlds, gas pond communicate.
When in the environment (is 5-50% as relative humidity) of low humidity, using, with sample 201 along pipeline 101 sample introductions, because the sealing of the end in gas pond 103, so sample 201 can not enter or can not be full of gas pond 103 fully, and this moment, bubble micro valve was in closing condition (Fig. 1); After sample 201 application of samples finish, because under low-humidity environment, sample 201 is understood some evaporation and formed gas 202, cause the volume of gas 202 to increase, gas 202 is being gathered into bubble with gas pond 103 corresponding pipelines 101 places, and promptly bubble micro valve is opened, and pipeline 101 is blocked (Fig. 2).
The advantage of bubble micro valve provided by the invention is: simplicity of design, to operate controlledly, and the scope of application is wide in range, particularly under non-heating status and effective too in the closed system.Micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention, each microreactor and bubble micro valve are spaced, and behind the sample serial sample introduction, under the effect of bubble micro valve, each reactor is isolated rapidly, forms microreactor array independent, homogeneous.The advantage of this method is: sample serial sample introduction, sample volume homogeneous; Chip is behind sample introduction, and each microreactor is isolated rapidly in several minutes, does not have crossed contamination between the microreactor.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation (this moment, bubble micro valve was not opened) of the bubble micro valve of the present invention's proposition.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation (this moment, bubble micro valve was opened) of the bubble micro valve of the present invention's proposition.
The microreactor array construction method synoptic diagram that Fig. 3 proposes for the present invention (this moment, bubble micro valve was not opened).
Fig. 4 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram among the embodiment 1 (this moment, bubble micro valve was not opened).
Fig. 5 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram (this moment, bubble micro valve was opened) among the embodiment 1.
Fig. 6 is the micro-fluidic chip synoptic diagram among the embodiment 2.
Fig. 7 is the siccative placement location synoptic diagram among the embodiment 3.
Fig. 8 is the micro-fluidic chip synoptic diagram among the embodiment 5.
Fig. 9 is the micro-fluidic chip synoptic diagram among the embodiment 6.
Figure 10 is the micro-fluidic chip synoptic diagram among the embodiment 7.
Figure 11 is the micro-fluidic chip synoptic diagram among the embodiment 8.
Figure 12 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram (this moment, bubble micro valve was opened) among the embodiment 9.
Figure 13 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram among the embodiment 10 (this moment, bubble micro valve was not opened).
Figure 14 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram (this moment, bubble micro valve was opened) among the embodiment 10.
Figure 15 is the bubble micro valve synoptic diagram among the embodiment 10 (this moment, bubble micro valve was closed once more).
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
101 pipelines; 102 pipe connectings; 103 gas ponds; 201 samples; 202 gases; 301 bubble micro valve; 302 reaction tanks; 401 narrow bypass duct; 402 wide bypass duct; 403 barrier tube; 701 silica-gel driers; The 801Pt electrode; 901 cooling tubes; 1001 interconnecting tubes; 1002 air-path interfaces; 1101 pyramids; 1201 air-tube type bubble micro valve; 1202 tracheaes; 1301 built-up type bubble micro valve.
Embodiment
The invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to following examples.
Among the following embodiment, chip manufacturing technology and using method are the routine techniques and the method in micro-fluidic chip field.
Embodiment 1, at low-humidity environment, under the open system, open method is outside low humidity air, bubble micro valve is opened in the application of sample process, the bubble of generation stops liquid stream
The chip of present embodiment comprises two-layer, and the upper strata is that thickness is the PMMA cover plate of 1mm, and lower floor is that thickness is the PMMA egative film of 2mm.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, the surface structure of lower floor's egative film comprises the wide bypass duct 402 that narrow bypass duct 401, that a pipeline 101, is communicated with pipeline 101 is communicated with pipeline 101 by barrier tube 403.Structure has also comprised the structure of bubble micro valve 301 in the present embodiment, and gas pond 103 directly is communicated with pipeline 101.Pipeline 101 and wide bypass duct 402 width are 0.5mm, and narrow bypass duct 401 and barrier tube 403 width are 0.2mm, and all pipe degree of depth are 0.2mm.Gas pond 103 long 2.2mm, wide 0.5mm, dark 1.5mm.The sidewall in gas pond 103 and bottom apply promising poly tetrafluoroethylene.
The making of said chip can be adopted the method for common making chip, utilizes laser sculpture or mechanical workout mode to produce each microstructure on the PMMA egative film earlier, draws polytetrafluoroethylsolution solution (0.1%V/V) with pipettor and is coated in the gas pond.Hot-press sealing by egative film and PMMA cover plate forms complete pipeline 101 then, bubble micro valve 301, narrow bypass duct 401, wide bypass duct 402, barrier tube 403.
With the micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment place room temperature be 20 ℃, relative humidity be 16% indoor.Use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity 5 μ L/min, sample is a water.As shown in Figure 3, because the fluid resistance of narrow bypass duct 401 is bigger, therefore have only the small portion sample to enter narrow bypass duct 401, most of sample enters wide bypass duct 402.After 3 minutes, as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 2, the increase of gas 202 volumes enters pipeline 101, and the bubble of formation is blocked pipe 403 to be stopped, has blocked wide bypass duct 402, and subsequent sample will only can enter narrow bypass duct 401.
Principle is: because tetrafluoroethylene is hydrophobicity, and the coefficient of surface tension of water is higher, water can not enter gas pond 103 when low flow velocity sample introduction, therefore still preserve the low humidity air in the gas pond 103, solution 201 in the pipeline 101 is understood some evaporation and is formed gas 202, gas is assembled at the pipeline place corresponding with the gas pond and is blocked pipe 403 and stops, the blocking-up downstream flow path.
Embodiment 2, at low-humidity environment, closed system, the micro-fluidic chip the when method of opening bubble micro valve is outside low humidity air
As shown in Figure 6, chip comprises two-layer, and the upper strata is that thickness is the PMMA cover plate of 1mm, and lower floor is that thickness is the PMMA egative film of 2mm, is provided with the microreactor array on the upper surface of lower floor's egative film.The microreactor array can pass through prior aries such as laser sculpture, mechanical workout or hot-press sealing to be made.The microreactor array has comprised a pipeline 101 and 24 reaction tanks 302 that are communicated with by this pipeline 101 phase serials, and reaction tank equates with distance between the reaction tank.In the present embodiment, the microreactor array is an annular, and promptly pipeline 101 is that annular and reaction tank 302 also are annular array.
As shown in Figure 6, micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention has also comprised the structure of bubble micro valve 301, concrete as Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 1, micro-fluidic chip provided by the invention is to be provided with a gas pond 103 in the centre of every adjacent two reaction tanks 302, and each gas pond 103 all is connected with pipeline 101 by a pipe connecting 102.Pipe connecting 102 long 0.75mm, all pipe width are 0.4mm, and the degree of depth is 0.2mm, and reaching internal diameter or hydraulic diameter is 0.27mm.Gas pond 103 is cylindrical, bottom surface diameter 1.8mm, dark 1.5mm.Reaction tank 302 is cylindrical, bottom surface diameter 3mm, dark 1mm.
With the micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment place room temperature be 20 ℃, relative humidity be 16% indoor.Use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 60 μ L/min, and sample is 201 to be the PCR system solution.The sample serial enters each reaction tank 302, seals injection port and outlet then, and after 3 minutes, as shown in Figure 2, the increase of gas 202 volumes enters pipeline 101, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.
Principle is: because the coefficient of surface tension of PCR system solution is lower, pipe connecting 102 sample when avoiding sample introduction need be set enters gas pond 103.Under low-humidity environment, the solution 201 in the pipeline 101 is understood some evaporation and is formed gas 202, and gas is isolated each reaction tank assembling with corresponding pipeline place, each gas pond.
Embodiment 3, at high humidity environment, the micro-fluidic chip when closed system, bubble micro valve open method are inner low humidity air
As shown in Figure 7, the difference of the micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment and embodiment 2 is to have added discolour silica gel pearl 701 in gas pond 103, and all the other devices are identical.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, in gas pond 103, added a discolour silica gel pearl 701, sealed injection port and outlet 1 hour earlier then.Open injection port and outlet afterwards, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 60 μ L/min, and sample 201 is the PCR system solution.The sample serial enters each reaction tank, and then sealing injection port and outlet, and after 3 minutes, as shown in Figure 2, the increase of gas 202 volumes enters pipeline, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.
The principle of present embodiment is similar to Example 2, just uses the air that the outside low humidity air of micro-fluidic chip has been become the inner low humidity of micro-fluidic chip.
Embodiment 4, at high humidity environment, the micro-fluidic chip when closed system, the open method of bubble micro valve are whole heating
The micro-fluidic chip of embodiment 4 is identical with embodiment 2.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 60 μ L/min, and sample 201 is the PCR system solution, and the sample serial enters each reaction tank, seal injection port and outlet then, micro-fluidic chip is put into 65 ℃ of thermostat water baths heat, utilize heat exchange pattern that the temperature of entire chip is upgraded to 65 ℃, after 2 minutes, as shown in Figure 2, the increase of gas 202 volumes enters pipeline, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.
The principle of present embodiment is: by heating micro-fluidic chip is whole, the saturation vapour pressure in the gas pond raises, and the solution in the pipeline is understood some evaporation and formed gas, and gas is being assembled with corresponding pipeline place, each gas pond, with each reaction tank isolation.The inlet and outlet that is noted that chip is in closed state, and pressure increased after original gas was heated in the gas pond, but volume can not increase.
Embodiment 5, at high humidity environment, open system, the micro-fluidic chip when open method is the heat air pond
As shown in Figure 8, chip comprises two-layer, and the upper strata is that thickness is polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cover plate of 4mm, and lower floor is that thickness is the glass negative (dotted line in lower floor's egative film is represented the projection of upper strata cover plate structure on lower floor's egative film) of 2mm.Be provided with the microreactor array on the lower surface of upper strata cover plate, the pipeline 101 of microreactor array is arranged to snakelike pattern, and each reaction tank 302 is together in series.Made Pt electrode 801 on lower floor's glass negative, Pt electrode 801 is arranged to snakelike pattern, and the gas pond 103 of each bubble micro valve 301 is together in series.Pipe connecting 102 long 1mm, all pipe width are 0.2mm, and the degree of depth is 0.2mm, and reaching internal diameter or hydraulic diameter is 0.2mm.Gas pond 103 is square, length of side 3mm, dark 1.5mm.Reaction tank 302 is cylindrical, bottom surface diameter 4mm, dark 1mm.
The microreactor array of upper strata PDMS cover plate can be made by soft lithographic technique, and the electrode of lower floor's glass negative can be made by prior aries such as sputter, wet etchings.Connect Pt electrode 801 by external source, purpose is by an electrode resistance heat air pond 103, and avoids reacting by heating pond 302.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 360 μ L/min, and sample is SDS solution (10%W/V), and chip injection port and outlet do not seal behind the sample introduction.Then by Pt heated by electrodes to 70 ℃, after 2 minutes, gas 202 volumes in the gas pond increase and enter pipeline, form bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.
The principle of present embodiment is: with comparing among the embodiment 2-4, the sample that uses among this embodiment is SDS solution, therefore its coefficient of surface tension is lower, and the sample introduction flow velocity among this embodiment is faster, needs to narrow down that sample enters gas pond 103 when avoiding sample introduction with pipe connecting 102 is elongated.By the gas pond is heated, the saturation vapour pressure in the gas pond raises, and the solution in the pipeline is understood some evaporation and formed gas.Because inlet and outlet does not seal, pressure was constant after original gas was heated in the gas pond, volumetric expansion simultaneously.Under the acting in conjunction of evaporation and expanded by heating, gas volume increases like this, assembling with corresponding pipeline place, each gas pond, each reaction tank is isolated.
Embodiment 6, at high humidity environment, the micro-fluidic chip when closed system, open method cool off for the gas pond
As shown in Figure 9, chip is similar to Example 5, but it comprises three layers, and the upper strata is that thickness is the PDMS cover plate of 4mm, the middle level is that thickness is the glass flake of 0.2mm, and lower floor is that thickness is the glass negative (dotted line in lower floor's egative film is represented the projection of upper strata cover plate structure on lower floor's egative film) of 2mm.Be provided with the microreactor array on the lower surface of upper strata cover plate, the pipeline 101 of microreactor array is arranged to snakelike pattern, and each reaction tank 302 is together in series.Middle level sheet glass non-structure has been made cooling tube 901 on the upper surface of lower floor's glass negative, the cooling tube width is 1mm, and the degree of depth is 0.2mm.
Cooling tube 901 can be made by prior aries such as wet etchings.Carry water coolant by peristaltic pump in cooling tube 901, purpose is by a cooling tube cold gas pond 103, and avoids cooling off reaction tank 302.All the other devices are identical with embodiment 5.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 360 μ L/min, and sample is SDS solution (10%W/V), and chip injection port and outlet seal behind the sample introduction.Carry 0 ℃ of salt solution by peristaltic pump in cooling tube 901 then, flow velocity is 1mL/min.After 1 minute, the gas 202 in the gas pond enters pipeline, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.
The principle of present embodiment is: after the gas pond was cooled, inner air 202 temperature reduced, and the sample of relatively-high temperature can condensation in Cryogenic air like this, fine droplet appears in inwall in the gas pond, original gas can be extruded the gas pond in the gas pond, assembles at the pipeline place of correspondence, and each reaction tank is isolated.The inlet and outlet that is noted that chip is in closed state, in the gas pond after original gas cooling pressure reduce, but volume can not reduce.
Embodiment 7, at high humidity environment, closed system, the bubble micro valve open method micro-fluidic chip when importing gas
As shown in figure 10, chip is similar to Example 6, comprises three layers equally, and the upper strata is that thickness is the PDMS cover plate of 4mm, the middle level is that thickness is the PDMS film of 0.05mm, and lower floor is that thickness is the glass negative (dotted line in lower floor's egative film is represented the projection of upper strata cover plate structure on lower floor's egative film) of 2mm.Upper strata PDMS cover plate has only pipeline 101 and reaction tank 302, middle level PDMS film non-structure, made each gas pond 103 and interconnecting tube 1001 on the upper surface of lower floor's glass negative, each gas pond is all corresponding with the pipeline on the cover plate of upper strata in lower floor position on glass.
Gas pond 103 links together by many interconnecting tubes 1001, is in communication with the outside by air-path interface 1002.The size and the interconnecting tube 1001 between the gas pond that are noted that gas pond 103 in this chip are measure-alike, and width is 1mm, and the degree of depth is 0.2mm.The structure of lower floor's glass negative can be made by prior aries such as wet etchings.All the other devices are identical with embodiment 5.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 360 μ L/min, and sample is SDS solution (10%W/V), and chip injection port and outlet do not seal behind the sample introduction.Use N 2Gas cylinder is carried N in air-path interface 1002 2, pressure 1.2MPa, after 10 minutes, the gas 202 in the gas pond enters pipeline, and each reaction tank is isolated.Close air-path interface 1002 then, no longer continue to carry N 2, the sealing inlet and outlet, bubble volume can not change, and each reaction tank still keeps isolating.
Therefore the principle of present embodiment is: with comparing among the embodiment 5-6, the PDMS air-permeable envelope is arranged as subsidiary material among this embodiment between the gentle pond of pipeline, sample can not enter gas pond 103 when need not to be provided with special pipe connecting and can guarantee sample introduction.Each gas pond 103 is no longer independent among this embodiment in addition, but is communicated with by interconnecting tube 1001.When in air-path interface 1002, carrying N 2The time, high pressure gas cognition enters pipeline 101 by air-permeable envelope, assembles at the pipeline place of correspondence, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated.After removing high pressure gas, established bubble pressure balance, constancy of volume.
Embodiment 8, at high humidity environment, closed system, bubble micro valve open method are the micro-fluidic chip when applying external force
The micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment is similar to Example 2, is the PMMA film of 0.2mm but the PMMA cover plate of upper strata 1mm has changed thickness into.On the PMMA film, placed opener (a pyramid ring) (as shown in figure 11).The pyramid ring is a metal ring, and 23 pyramids 1101 are installed above, each gas pond 103 of pyramid 1101 corresponding bubble micro valve.
20 ℃ of room temperatures, under the condition of ambient relative humidity 75%, use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity is 60 μ L/min, and sample 201 is SDS solution (10%W/V), and the sample serial enters each reaction tank, seals injection port and outlet then.To be put in the chip upper strata on the pyramid ring, and pyramid 1102 is aimed at each gas pond 103, exert pressure, gas 202 is got into pipeline, forms bubble, and each reaction tank is isolated (as shown in Figure 2).Remove external force, bubble withdrawal gas pond 103, each reaction tank no longer keeps isolating.
Principle is: under external force, the upper strata PMMA film of bubble micro valve deforms, and causes the atomisation station change, the bubble blocking-up stream of generation.After removing external force, gas pond shape is recovered, and bubble can be return the gas pond.
Embodiment 9, at high humidity environment, under the open system, opening ways is for importing gas, the bubble blocking-up stream of generation
As shown in figure 12, chip is similar to Example 1, and difference is to use tracheae 1202 in bubble micro valve but not gas pond 103 can be called air-tube type bubble micro valve 1201.Tracheae 1202 is a polyvinyl chloride hose, and tracheae 1,202 one ends directly are communicated with pipeline 101, and the other end is connected with a syringe.The internal diameter 0.1mm of tracheae 1202 is connected with chip by Resins, epoxy.All the other devices are identical with embodiment 1.
With the micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment place room temperature be 20 ℃, relative humidity be 75% indoor.Use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity 5 μ L/min, sample is a water.Because the fluid resistance of narrow bypass duct 401 is bigger, therefore have only the small portion sample to enter narrow bypass duct 401, most of sample enters wide bypass duct 402.As shown in figure 12, inject air by syringe in tracheae 1202, the gas injection time is 2s, stops then.At this moment gas can enter pipeline 101, and formed bubble can flow to that move in the downstream and be blocked pipe 403 stops that bubble has just been blocked wide bypass duct 402 like this with liquid, and subsequent sample will can enter narrow bypass duct 401.
Principle is: tracheae 1202 is in closed state after connecting syringe, sample can not enter tracheae 1202 during sample introduction.After gas was injected into pipeline 101, formed bubble was blocked wide bypass duct 402.
Embodiment 10, at high humidity environment, under the open system, use the break-make of built-up type bubble micro valve control stream
As shown in figure 13, chip and embodiment 1 and embodiment 9 are similar, and difference is to use built-up type bubble micro valve 1301, comprises gas pond 103 and tracheae 1202.Tracheae 1202 is a polyvinyl chloride hose, and tracheae 1,202 one ends directly are communicated with pipeline 101, and the other end is connected with a syringe.The internal diameter 0.1mm of tracheae 1202 is connected with chip by Resins, epoxy.All the other devices are identical with embodiment 1.
With the micro-fluidic chip of present embodiment place room temperature be 20 ℃, relative humidity be 75% indoor.Use syringe pump application of sample in the pipeline 101, flow velocity 5 μ L/min, sample is a water.Because the fluid resistance of narrow bypass duct 401 is bigger, therefore have only the small portion sample to enter narrow bypass duct 401, most of sample enters wide bypass duct 402.As shown in figure 14, bleed in tracheae 1202 by syringe, the time of bleeding is 2s, stops then.At this moment partially liq can enter tracheae 1202 under the low pressure effect, gas in the gas pond 103 can expand under the low pressure effect simultaneously, expanding gas enters pipeline 101 formed bubbles can flow to that move in the downstream and be blocked pipe 403 stops with liquid, bubble has just been blocked wide bypass duct 402 like this, and subsequent sample will only can enter narrow bypass duct 401.Because the gases in the gas pond 103 reduce, thus liquid filling part gas pond 103.
As shown in figure 15, continue to use syringe to bleed in tracheae 1202, the time of bleeding is 10s, stops then.The bubble of barrier tube 403 fronts can be taken away, and wide bypass duct 402 is recovered to be communicated with, and sample reenters wide bypass duct 402.
Principle is: the opening ways of built-up type bubble micro valve 1301 is to pipette material to form low pressure among this embodiment, and under the low pressure effect, the gas in the gas pond 103 forms bubble, and this bubble is blocked wide bypass duct 402; Utilize tracheae 1202 that established bubble is taken away then, recover the connection of wide bypass duct 402.This embodiment uses bubble micro valve control to wait to act on the on and off-Tong of pipeline.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, can not limit practical range of the present invention with this.All equalizations of doing according to spirit of the present invention change and modify, and all belong in the scope that patent of the present invention contains.

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1. a bubble micro valve comprises a pipeline, it is characterized in that: described bubble micro valve also comprises at least one and the device that described pipeline is connected, and described device is gas pond and/or tracheae.
2. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described gas pond and/or described tracheae directly are connected with described pipeline.
3. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: described gas pond and/or described tracheae are connected with described pipeline by at least one coupling device.
4. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: described coupling device is pipe connecting, air-permeable envelope, air permeable plate or non-ventilation property diaphragm.
5. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: the length≤10cm of described pipe connecting, internal diameter≤1cm.
6. as claim 4 or 5 described bubble micro valve, it is characterized in that: the aperture of described air-permeable envelope is 1nm-1mm.
7. as claim 4 or 5 described bubble micro valve, it is characterized in that: the material of described air-permeable envelope is a polymkeric substance.
8. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that: described polymkeric substance is Mierocrystalline cellulose, cellulose acetate, nitrocellulose, cellulose mixture, polyolefine, polyimide, nylon, polyethersulfone, polyoxyethylene glycol, sodium alginate, chitin or organosilicon polymer; Described organosilicon polymer is polydimethylsiloxane preferably.
9. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: be provided with the hole that described pipeline is connected with described gas pond and/or tracheae on described air permeable plate.
10. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that: the height≤10cm in described hole, internal diameter≤1cm.
11., it is characterized in that as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 4-10: the material of described air permeable plate be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics, rubber and silico-aluminate compound.
12., it is characterized in that as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 4-11: the material of described non-ventilation property diaphragm be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics and rubber.
13. as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-12, it is characterized in that: described gas is equipped with siccative in the pond.
14. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that: described siccative is discolour silica gel, calcium chloride, aluminum oxide or magnesium oxide.
15. as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-14, it is characterized in that: described bubble micro valve also comprises close gas pond and the heating unit that described gas pond is heated.
16. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: described heating unit is resistance wire, resistive film or metallic particles; Described metallic particles is gold nano grain preferably.
17. as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-16, it is characterized in that: described bubble micro valve also comprises near the gas pond and to described gas pond refrigerative refrigerating unit.
18. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that: described refrigerating unit is the pipe that can adorn cooling liqs.
19. as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-18, it is characterized in that: described bubble micro valve also comprises the interconnecting tube that is connected with described gas pond and/or described tracheae.
20. bubble micro valve as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that: the material that feeds in the described interconnecting tube is gas, liquid or gas-liquid mixture.
21., it is characterized in that as arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-20: the material of described bubble micro valve be selected from following any one, the complex body of any several compositions or the mixture of any several compositions: metal, glass, quartz, silicon, pottery, plastics, rubber and silico-aluminate compound.
22. micro-fluidic chip, comprise the microreactor array, described microreactor array comprise at least one pipeline with by described pipeline at least two reaction tanks being communicated with of serial mutually, it is characterized in that: described micro-fluidic chip also comprises arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-21; The pipeline of described bubble micro valve is a section of pipeline of described microreactor array.
23. micro-fluidic chip as claimed in claim 22 is characterized in that: at least 1 device is set between the adjacent described reaction tank, and described device is arbitrary described gas pond and/or a tracheae among the claim 1-21.
24. as claim 22 or 23 described micro-fluidic chips, it is characterized in that: gas pond in the described micro-fluidic chip and/or tracheae are connected by arbitrary described interconnecting tube among the claim 19-21.
25. micro-fluidic chip, comprise the microreactor array, described microreactor array comprises at least one pipeline and by the reaction tank that described pipeline is connected, it is characterized in that: described micro-fluidic chip also comprises arbitrary described bubble micro valve among the claim 1-21; The pipeline of described bubble micro valve is a section of pipeline of described microreactor array.
26. micro-fluidic chip as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that: described pipeline is provided with at least 1 device, and described device is arbitrary described gas pond and/or a tracheae among the claim 1-21.
27. as claim 25 or 26 described micro-fluidic chips, it is characterized in that: gas pond in the described micro-fluidic chip and/or tracheae are connected by arbitrary described interconnecting tube among the claim 19-21.
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