Droplet generation with microfluidic chips is simpler than it may seem, although it might be intimidating for someone with little prior knowledge of microfluidics. However, you only need the following to generate droplets with a microfluidic droplet generator:
- Microfluidic droplet generator
- A fluid delivery system, preferably a syringe pump
- Tubing
All you need to do is to fill two syringes with oil phase (Mineral oil for example) and the aqueous phase (often a cellular solution) and connect them the oil and water ports with tubing and run the syringe pump. The microfluidic chips made at uFluidix do not require any connectors for connecting the tubes to the microfluidic ports (watch a video here).