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Hydrogels are fabricated inside microfluidic networks using liquid phase photopolymerization techniques. Square voltage waveforms of differing amplitudes and duty cycles are applied to electrodes in the channel, causing the hydrogels to change volume.
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Bassetti, M.J., Beebe, D.J. (2002). Demonstration of Hydrogel Volume Control Using Pulse Width Modulation. In: Baba, Y., Shoji, S., van den Berg, A. (eds) Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0504-3_39
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