Droplet loading is the foundation of all NanoReactor™ functions.  Droplets are formed at the nozzle where the carrier fluid and reagent streams are brought together.  Variations in nozzle geometry and flow rates generate precisely uniform droplets from 5 μm to 80 μm in diameter and at rates from 1,000 to 20,000 per second.  Droplet can be loaded with solutions, cells, beads, or gene libraries.  Each droplet can be programmed to contain a single molecule, bead or cell.

High speed video camera slows the speed of microdroplets by a factor of 1000, showing individual samples flowing through a NanoReactor Chip at 2500 droplets per second