USE OF POLYMER REAGENTS TO MODULATE AND CONTROL ELECTROKINETIC FLOWS IN A MICRO- OR NANOFLUIDIC DEVICE

摘要

The invention concerns the field of microfluidics and in particular that of electrophoresis on a micro- or nanofluidic device. More particularly, the invention concerns the use of a reactive polymer coating adapted to be submitted to a phase separation under the influence of an external stimulation of chemical or physical type, to modulate the electrokinetic flows (electroosmotic or electrophoretic flows during electrophoresis for example) in a micro- or nanofluidic device. The invention also concerns a method for varying the electrokinetic flows in such a device using said coating, as well as the micro- or nanofluidic devices comprising at least one channel or one capillary tube whereof the inner surface is covered at least partly with such a coating.