EP1937409A1 - Dispositif de controle du deplacement d'un volume liquide entre deux ou plusieurs substrats solides et procede de deplacement - Google Patents
Dispositif de controle du deplacement d'un volume liquide entre deux ou plusieurs substrats solides et procede de deplacementInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the movement and control of conductive and possibly polar micro-drops in a liquid, dielectric or weakly conductive medium and immiscible with the drops using electrohydrodynamic forces, between two or more positions which may correspond to zones specific contact on solid substrates.
- EWOD Electro Wetting On Dielectric
- the devices based on this technique consist of a matrix of electrodes isolated and covered with a hydrophobic layer, the wetting of which exhibits a very low hysteresis.
- the drops to be displaced are placed on this hydrophobic surface and in contact with a bare electrode which polarizes them.
- the displacement of a drop above an isolated electrode adjacent to the drop is achieved by applying a voltage between the electrode in question and the electrode which polarizes the drop.
- This technique is very robust but the quality of the hydrophobic surface in contact with the drops to be displaced is a critical point to be mastered in the manufacture of the systems.
- Another technique for the displacement of drops relies on dielectrophoretic forces.
- the device is similar to that used to move the drops by electrowetting but does not include a bare electrode in contact with the drops, the electric potential of the drops is therefore not fixed.
- the displacement is caused by the application of electrical voltages between the electrodes of the matrix to create non-uniform field areas.
- the drops displaced according to this technique can once again be in contact with a solid surface and the quality of this surface remains a critical point, or else in suspension at the interface between two immiscible fluids. In this case, the drops are levitating. In the latter case, it is necessary to maintain the fluid / fluid interface, along which the drop moves, parallel to the matrix of electrodes; which amounts to imposing as a condition that the micro-system remains horizontal.
- Particles or cells can also be manipulated using electric fields by dielectrophoresis.
- the particles are trapped in electrostatic potential wells.
- the particles can be kept levitating, out of contact with a solid surface, by this technique.
- the electric fields used are alternating, of fairly high frequency.
- Patent LJS 5,486,337 A describes a device for moving drops from one electrode to another by applying a voltage between the two electrodes. On contact with the first and under the effect of the electric field, the drop to be displaced charges then leaves, under the effect of the electrostatic force undergone, the electrode to go towards the second.
- the disadvantage of this method is once again the prolonged contact with solid elements, in particular wetting elements.
- the objective of the present invention is therefore to find a method making it possible to overcome the constraints weighing on the quality of solid surfaces.
- An additional problem relates to the displacement of drops, certain constituents of which could cling to solid surfaces.
- the present invention therefore relates to a device for moving a volume of liquid under the effect of an electric voltage, comprising
- first substrate with a first electrode ii) a second substrate with a second electrode, located opposite (generally above) the first substrate iii) means for imposing a first voltage between the first and the second electrode, one of the two electrodes essentially comprising a matrix consisting of a plurality of microelectrodes and having means for applying a second voltage between at least two microelectrodes.
- the present invention also relates to a method of moving a volume of liquid, wherein said volume is initially in contact with a first substrate with the first electrode, comprising the following steps:
- the amplitude of the first voltage (3) is such that the electrostatic forces exerted on the volume of liquid (1) to be moved allow it to be detached from the first electrode and the half-period ⁇ of the first voltage (3) is less at the time of flight T v of the volume of liquid (1) between the two electrodes (4, 5).
- the volume of liquid is generally immersed in a dielectric medium.
- the voltage between the first and the second electrode is generally alternating.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a device and a method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates another device and a method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the principle of vertical displacement of a volume of liquid under the effect of an electric voltage and depending on the electric voltage.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an arrangement of microelectrodes and a possible displacement of a drop above this matrix.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an arrangement of microelectrodes and a possible displacement of a drop above this matrix.
- FIG. 6 illustrates an arrangement of microelectrodes and a possible displacement of a drop above this matrix.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary embodiment according to the present invention using dyes to make a display device.
- FIG. 8 illustrates the principle of coalescence of two drops.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a device and a method according to the present invention.
- 1 refers to a volume of liquid (here, a conductive drop), 2 to a liquid dielectric medium, 3 to a first alternating voltage between an electrode 4 and an array of electrodes 5 spaced apart by a distance greater than the diameter of the drop to be moved and then the application of a second voltage 6.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the present invention where the lower support comprising the matrix of electrodes 5 is a printed circuit.
- the electrodes 4 or 5 are made of a conductive material.
- the conductive material is preferably copper or another metal. No surface treatment is necessary.
- the surface of the electrodes in particular the lower ones, is advantageously textured. These surfaces can, for example, be formed by studs or a network of low walls.
- the surface of the lower substrate is advantageously hydrophobic. A very thin layer (a few hundred angstroms) of Teflon is for example deposited.
- the gap between electrodes 4 and 5 is greater than the diameter of a drop and can vary in the present invention. In general, the gap between the microelectrodes is less than the diameter of the volume of liquid (of the drops) to be displaced. It is preferred in the present invention that the distance between the microelectrodes is from 1 to 500 ⁇ m.
- the upper electrode 4 is advantageously made of glass or of polycarbonate covered with a transparent conductive film such as ITO.
- the texture advantageously has studs or a network of low walls.
- the dielectric 2 generally has a lower density and close to the liquid 1 to be displaced, thus reducing the amplitude of the first voltage. It is advantageous that the difference in density between the liquid 1 and the liquid dielectric 2 is approximately 0.1.
- Figure 2 illustrates a device and a method according to the present invention where 1 refers to a volume of liquid (here, a conductive drop), 2 to a liquid dielectric medium, 3 to a first alternating voltage between an electrode 4 and a matrix electrodes 5 spaced apart by a distance greater than the diameter of the drop to be moved and then to the application of a second voltage 6.
- Figure 2 differs from Figure 1 in that the positions of the electrode 4 and the electrode array 5 are exchanged. Unlike the embodiment of FIG. 1, the electrode 4 is located here below the array of electrodes 5.
- the second voltage, applied between 2 or more electrodes of the matrix makes it possible to move the drop sideways. It is, for example, of equal or close frequency to the first voltage and its phase is adjustable with respect to that of the first voltage.
- the electrodes of the matrix are, for example, spaced so that a drop cannot overlap two electrodes at different potentials. the same time. It is also possible to avoid electrolysis by taking care not to place an electrode adjacent to that above which a drop hops at a potential different from the potential of the electrode above which the drop hops.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the principle of vertical displacement of a volume of liquid under the effect of an electric voltage and depending on the electric voltage.
- the amplitude of the first voltage Ui is such that the electrostatic forces exerted on the drop to be displaced allow to take it off from the first electrode and the half-period ⁇ of this voltage is less than the time of flight of the drop between the two electrode systems. As soon as this first voltage is imposed, the drop continues to take off from an electrode and return to it: the electrostatic forces oppose the wetting and the drop is therefore hardly ever in contact with a solid surface.
- Figures 4 to 6 show various interesting arrangements of electrodes. We also present the projection of the possible trajectories of a drop.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a possible displacement of a small volume of liquid 1 on a line of electrodes 5 under the effect of a voltage 6 applied between at least two electrodes of the matrix 5.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a possible displacement of a small volume of liquid 1 on a central electrode 5a under the effect of a voltage 6 applied between at least one electrode of the matrix 5b and the central electrode 5a.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a possible displacement of a small volume of liquid 1 on a central electrode 5a under the effect of a voltage 6 applied between at least one electrode of the matrix 5b and the central electrode 5a.
- FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary embodiment according to the present invention using dyes to make a display device.
- the oil (used as a dielectric) can be colored to be dark in color with a dye which does not migrate in an aqueous phase such as Solvent Blue 59 sold by Ald ⁇ ch Chemical Company and the water drops can be colored in others. colors.
- the drops 1 form the pixels 7 of a display whose window 8 can be the glass cover described in the example of realization.
- the horizontal displacement allows the distribution of the drops and their maintenance at the various predefined positions for the pixels of the display device. Vertical movement allows the color of the glass to change.
- Figure 8 illustrates the principle of coalescence of two drops 1 and 9 where 3 refers to a first alternating voltage between an electrode 4 and one or more microelectrodes of the matrix 5, 6 to another alternating voltage between an electrode 4 and a microelectrode of the matrix 5.
- the first voltage 3 allows the incessant vertical displacement of a drop 1.
- the second voltage 6 makes it possible to bring an electrode of the matrix 5 to a potential different from that imposed by 3.
- This second voltage 6 is here of same frequency as 3, but of opposite phase.
- the two drops 1 and 9 acquire opposite charges on contact with the electrodes of the matrix 5. The then attractive electric force which is exerted between the drops leads to their coalescence.
- the device of the present invention advantageously comprises a dielectric liquid between the first and the second substrate, the density of the dielectric preferably being close to the liquid to be displaced.
- the supports of the device of the present invention can be made of different materials. It is preferable that the microelectrode array is a printed circuit.
- the electrodes are made of a metal. It is preferred in the device of the present invention that one of the supports consists essentially of glass or of a polymeric material. More particularly, the electrode made on this support should be transparent.
- the array of electrodes can extend in one or two dimensions.
- the second voltage is of frequency equal to or close to the first voltage.
- the phase and / or the amplitude of the second voltage is adjustable with respect to that of the first voltage.
- the volume of liquid is, after displacement towards the second substrate, maintained against the second electrode.
- the present invention provides several specific advantages.
- a volume of liquid (drop) displaced according to the method of the present invention is almost never in contact with a solid surface and therefore the surface states are much less critical than in the devices of the prior art.
- the lateral displacement of a drop takes place during a phase of flight, during which only inertial forces and viscous forces oppose the movement; the states of solid surfaces have little influence.
- the device and the method of the present invention are very easy to coalesce two drops during a protocol. It suffices for the two drops in question to have opposite charges when they are brought together.
- the device and the method of the present invention are compatible with the French patent application FR 0450276 (corresponding to the European patent application 05101090-8) which proposes a device for 3D displacement of conductive drops by electrostatic forces.
- the array of electrodes can be produced on a printed circuit, the distance between the electrodes being of the order of 200 ⁇ m.
- the printed circuit is covered with a very thin layer of Teflon (a few tens of nanometers).
- the cover is made of glass covered successively with a thin conductive layer made of ITO (indium tin oxide) (140 nm), a dielectric layer of Si 3 N 4 (300 nm), a dry photosensitive film ( 100 ⁇ m) in which can be etched structures, wells for example) and finally a thin layer of a hydrophobic material deposited by plasma.
- the cover is spaced from the array of electrodes by 2 to 4 mm.
- the dielectric used is for example a mineral oil whose density is close to 0.9 and the displaced drops of water or milk with a volume of 1 ⁇ l.
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| PCT/EP2006/007281 WO2007014669A1 (fr) | 2005-08-02 | 2006-07-24 | Dispositif de controle du deplacement d'un volume liquide entre deux ou plusieurs substrats solides et procede de deplacement |
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