• DocumentCode
    3460819
  • Title

    Micro-assembly using optically controlled bubbles

  • Author

    Wenqi Hu ; Ishii, Kelly S. ; Ohta, Aaron T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    8-11 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    An optically controlled bubble microrobot is presented here, and used to manipulate glass microbeads at up to 350 μm/s. The bubble microrobots were used to pull and push micro-objects into place, demonstrating micro-assembly.
  • Keywords
    bubbles; micro-optomechanical devices; microassembling; microrobots; optical control; optical glass; glass microbeads; microassembly; microobjects; optically controlled bubble microrobot; Fluid flow; Glass; Heating; Magnetic liquids; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Substrates; Marangoni convection; Micro-assembly; bubble;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Istanbul
  • ISSN
    2160-5033
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0334-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031019
  • Filename
    6031019