Digital Microfluidic System (DMFS) Animations

Each animation depicts the system running an example reaction. These animations depict a DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) example run on the array. The layouts have two sinks along the right side. Each droplet is typically depicted as a small square, and the color of a droplet indicates its droplet type. When two droplets are mixed, the mixed droplet type is indicated by its unique color.

• Animation 1 (mpeg) : PCR reaction, in batch mode. Waste droplets are depicted as blue diamonds.

• Animation 2 (mpeg) : PCR reaction, in continuous mode.

• Animation 3 (mpeg) : Two reactions running in parallel (continuous mode). Droplets of the PCR reaction are depicted as squares and droplets of the second reaction are depicted as diamonds.

• Animation 4 (mpeg) : Unstable PCR example (continuous mode), showing the system reaching a deadlock state. The animation is shown from an intermediate stage.