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Toward Active-Matrix Lab-On-A-Chip: Programmable Electrofluidic control Enaled by Arrayed Oxide Thin Film Transistors

Noh, Joo Hyon·Noh, Jiyong·Kreit, Eric·Heikenfeld, Jason·Rack, Philip D
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Agile micro- and nano-fluidic control is critical to numerous life science and chemical science synthesis as well as kinetic and thermodynamic studies. To this end, we have demonstrated the use of thin film transistor arrays as an active matrix addressing method to control an electrofluidic array. Because the active matrix method minimizes the number of control lines necessary (m + n lines for the m x n element array), the active matrix addressing method integrated with an electrofluidic platform can be a significant breakthrough for complex electrofluidic arrays (increased size or resolution) with enhanced function, agility and programmability. An amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO) semiconductor active layer is used because of its high mobility of 1-15 cm{sup 2} V{sup -1} s{sup -1}, low-temperature processing and transparency for potential spectroscopy and imaging. Several electrofluidic functionalities are demonstrated using a simple 2 x 5 electrode array connected to a 2 x 5 IGZO thin film transistor array with the semiconductor channel width of 50 {mu}m and mobility of 6.3 cm{sup 2} V{sup -1} s{sup -1}. Additionally, using the TFT device characteristics, active matrix addressing schemes are discussed as the geometry of the electrode array can be tailored to act as a storage capacitor element. Finally, requisite material and device parameters are discussed in context with a VGA scale active matrix addressed electrofluidic platform.

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCESAMORPHOUS STATECAPACITORSCONTROLELECTRODESGALLIUMGEOMETRYINDIUMKINETICSOXIDESPROCESSINGRESOLUTIONSPECTROSCOPYSTORAGESYNTHESISTHERMODYNAMICSTHIN FILMSTRANSISTORSZINC OXIDES

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Noh, Joo Hyon, Noh, Jiyong, Kreit, Eric, Heikenfeld, Jason, Rack, Philip D. 2012-01-01. Toward Active-Matrix Lab-On-A-Chip: Programmable Electrofluidic control Enaled by Arrayed Oxide Thin Film Transistors. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1lc20851a

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