Title :
Encoding and manipulating microcomponent on electromicrofluidic platform
Author :
Min-Yu Chiang ; San-Yuan Chen ; Shih-Kang Fan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We report an electromicrofluidic (EMF) platform for (1) encoding programmable microcomponents (building blocks) using the embedded colloidal particles or mammalian cells and (2) manipulating and assembling microcomponents in two or three dimensions (2D or 3D). This platform is not only accessible to encapsulated particles with various properties, e.g., conductive/dielectric or synthetic/biological, but also to multiple hydrogel materials synthesized differently for further assembly of 2D or 3D complex constructs.
Keywords :
colloids; dielectric materials; hydrogels; materials properties; microassembling; microfluidics; EMF platform; biological materials; conductive materials; dielectric materials; electromicrofluidic platform; embedded colloidal particles; hydrogel materials; mammalian cells; programmable microcomponents; synthetic materials; Assembly; Dielectrics; Electric fields; Electrodes; Force; Liquids;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Estoril
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051005
