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Digital microfluidics has recently emerged as a new paradigm in the world of lab-on-a-chip technology. A wide variety of bioanalyses have been successfully implemented in this format. This paper reviews the various techniques that have been adapted to digital microfluidic systems, and the current state of the field.

A multiplexed digital microfluidic device. Six analytical platforms are wired in series, allowing multiple independent analyses to be performed simultaneously from a single set of controls.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St George St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3H6, Canada

    Elizabeth M. Miller & Aaron R. Wheeler

  2. Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, 160 College St., Toronto, ON, M5S 3E1, Canada

    Elizabeth M. Miller & Aaron R. Wheeler

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Miller, E.M., Wheeler, A.R. Digital bioanalysis. Anal Bioanal Chem 393, 419–426 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-008-2397-x

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