US 11,666,905 B2
Triboelectric nanogenerator-based biochemical droplet reaction device and method
Haibo Huang, Suzhou (CN); Hao Shen, Suzhou (CN); Zhen Wen, Suzhou (CN); Liguo Chen, Suzhou (CN); Hao Lei, Suzhou (CN); Jizhu Liu, Suzhou (CN); Yangjun Wang, Suzhou (CN); and Cihai Dai, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, Suzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 17/764,968
Filed by SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, Suzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/135531
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/244002, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010490287.6 (CN), filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355293 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); H02N 1/04 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01)
CPC B01L 3/502707 (2013.01) [B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); H02N 1/04 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01)] 1 Claim
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1. A triboelectric nanogenerator-based biochemical droplet reaction method, comprising the steps of:
(0) providing a triboelectric nanogenerator-based biochemical droplet reaction device that comprises a reaction generating part and a power generation part, wherein
the reaction generating part comprises a reaction platform with a hollow interior;
the power generation part comprises a triboelectric component and a rectifier circuit;
the triboelectric component comprises a drive electrode, a substrate, a first friction electrode, a first friction material, a second friction material, and a second friction electrode arranged in sequence from top to bottom;
the rectifier circuit is a bridge rectifier circuit, a first input and a second input of the bridge rectifier circuit are connected to the first friction electrode and the second friction electrode, respectively, wherein the first friction electrode and the second friction electrode are connected to the drive electrode, a first switch is connected between the drive electrode and the first friction electrode, and a second switch is connected between the drive electrode and the second friction electrode;
(1) dripping a first carrier droplet into the reaction platform;
(2) moving the power generation part below the first carrier droplet, and pressing the first friction material against the second friction material to charge the drive electrode;
(3) moving the power generation part, such that the first carrier droplet moves with the drive electrode;
(4) dripping a first droplet to be reacted into the reaction platform, such that the first carrier droplet is combined with the first droplet to be reacted;
(5) repeating steps (1) to (4) such that a second carrier droplet is combined with a second droplet to be reacted;
(6) moving the power generation part, such that the first carrier droplet is mixed with the second carrier droplet and the first droplet to be reacted contacts the second droplet to be reacted; and
(7) closing the first switch and the second switch, such that the first droplet to be reacted and the second droplet to be reacted are mixed and reacted.