Dolomite Microfluidics partners with start-up company Emulseo

Dolomite Microfluidics has announced a new partnership with Emulseo – a start-up company producing surfactants for droplet-based microfluidics – to distribute FluoSurf, a high-performance continuous phase surfactant specifically formulated to stabilise aqueous droplets in microfluidic systems.

FluoSurf is compatible with a wide selection of reagents in the droplet phase that would disrupt the stability of emulsions formed with traditional stabilisers, and is ideal for applications in fields such as droplet formation and microencapsulation, according to the two firms. This copolymer comprises ambiphilic polymer blocks that allow stabilisation of the interface between aqueous droplets and fluorinated oils. Dolomite says it offers fast droplet formation rates and enables the creation of highly stable emulsions of a broad range of monodisperse droplet sizes that can be readily broken when desired.

Quentin Jochyms, CTO and co-founder of Emulseo, said: “FluoSurf was developed and optimised specifically for droplet-based microfluidics applications, and will meet the demand for a biocompatible surfactant that provides batch-to-batch reproducibility.”

Richard Gray, vice president of particle engineering and microfluidics at Dolomite Microfluidics, added: “We chose Emulseo as our partner to offer FluoSurf to our customers worldwide. We are delighted to be distributing this product, which will greatly improve the market for emulsion stabilisers, and look forward to a fruitful collaboration with Emulseo.”