Femtoliter to milliliter volumes of one or a plurality of different
liquids are accurately transported, dispensed and/or treated where the
fluids are energized electrokinetically or in a hybrid mode where
auxiliary energy sources including but not limited to pneumatic,
piezoelectric; peristaltic; ultrasonic; thermal; gravitational, acoustic
are employed concurrently or sequentially to transport liquids for
various purposes from diverse devices. Liquids in nested Gaussian
surfaces or common liquid handling devices (e.g., syringes) can be
energized by electric induction or conduction of lumen or targets or both
and are optionally concurrently or sequentially combined with non
electrical energy to effect highly accurate volumetric and spatial liquid
transport with active or passive flight direction yielding non touch or
touch liquid sample placement, parallel dispensing, with or without
filtration, SPE, LC, or other treatment technologies for scientific
instrument introduction (e.g., MALDI/ESI), drug delivery, diagnostics,
manufacturing of products, product tagging, sample preparation or related
applications.