DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL OF A FIRST FLUID IN CONTACT WITH A SECOND FLUID, WHEREIN THE FIRST AND SECOND FLUIDS ARE IMMISCIBLE

摘要

A method according to an embodiment may include flowing a first fluid and a second fluid into a conduit. The first fluid and the second fluid are immiscible with respect to one another and the first fluid contains a plurality of target molecules. The maximum cross-sectional dimension of the conduit is such that a plurality of discrete volumes of the first fluid are formed in the conduit and separated from one another by the second fluid and at least one of the discrete volumes of the first fluid contains a single target molecule.