Fig. 4: Liquid manipulation within the fabricated SSCs.
From: Machining water through laser cutting of nanoparticle-encased water pancakes
a Liquid pumping. b Turning off the valve by cutting the fluid channel. c Turning on the valve by connecting the fluid channel. d Mixing of various liquids (blue, green and red liquids) in radial-array fluid channels. e Mixing of two liquids (green and red liquids) in a single curved fluid channel. f Concentration gradient generated in an array of curved fluid channels (green and red liquids). g Concentration gradient generated in a “Y” fluid channel (green and red liquids). h Segmented solution generated in a spiral SSC. i Dispersion of different liquids in droplet arrays. j Liquid mixing through droplet combination. The scale bars represent 1 cm.
