CAPILLARY TRANSPORT DEVICE HAVING SPEED AND MENISCUS CONTROL MEANS, AND METHOD OF USING

摘要

There is described a capillary transport device wherein the transport zone includes energy barriers such as ribs extending partway from one opposing surface to the other opposing surface of the zone, and slot means for preventing air entrapment, such means being in each energy barrier, or in every other energy barrier. There is also described a method of providing a non-mixing junction between two miscible liquids.