US 12,330,160 B2
Microfluidic platform for evaluation of liquid interfaces
Jian Sheng, College Station, TX (US); Andrew R. White, College Station, TX (US); and Maryam Jalali, College Station, TX (US)
Assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, College Station, TX (US)
Filed by THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, College Station, TX (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,763.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/023,423, filed on May 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0354144 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/502784 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502715 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2300/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microfluidic platform comprising a microfluidic channel composition configured for establishing a liquid-liquid interface, wherein the microfluidic channel composition comprises poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS),
wherein the microfluidic channel composition comprises at least two inner walls configured to form a channel in the microfluidic channel composition,
wherein at least one wall comprises poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH),
wherein at least one wall comprises poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS),
wherein the microfluidic platform comprises an oil droplet, and
wherein the microfluidic platform further comprises a first recirculating loop configured for continuous observation of the oil droplet, and
wherein the microfluidic platform further comprises a second recirculating loop configured for growth of a microbial culture.