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English: A) Diagram of basic flow chamber design. Solutions are stored in reservoirs and must pass through a solenoid valve to reach the flow chamber. Solutions can be added one by one or multiple at once. When multiple solutions are added they flow in separate laminar flow lanes. This behavior is preserved regardless of the number of solutions entering the flow chamber. All the solution flows out through a single output port. B) Picture of a four input flow chamber with four solutions flowing. Each input has a different colored water solution flowing through it to demonstrate laminar flow characteristics of the device. The device is made with a standard microscope slide and 25 mm round #1.5 coverslip. Orange PEEK tubing is connected to each input and the output with epoxy. The output tube leads to a collection reservoir mounted on an adjustable height platform to allow control of the flow rate by altering the height of the water column difference between the input reservoirs and the output tubing end. C) Blow up of flow chamber from highlighted area in panel B, showing laminar flow characteristics. Small defects such as the one on the leftmost corner do not significantly affect the downstream flow profile. D) Blow up from inside the highlighted area in panel C. Bright field image of a feature in the device. This image shows the corner where one of the input channels joins the main channel. The scale bar is set over the rubber section while the figure letter is set over the input channel solution. Even though these devices are cut by hand they typically have very fine and clean features so solution flow is not perturbed.
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Source http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006479?imageURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006479.g002
Author David S. Courson, Ronald S. Rock

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