Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Our mission is to develop innovative technological concepts and fabrication methods for microsystems for a wide range of applications. Our concepts are often inspired by biology, and our microsystems are often applied to understand biological processes that are important for health and disease.
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Developing life-enhancing applications through research at the micro-scale
Organisational profile
We develop innovative technological concepts and fabrication methods by carrying out research in our Microfab/lab, often in collaboration with industrial, biomedical, or clinical partners. Practical applications of the group’s research range from organ-on-a-chip systems for cancer and brain research, point-of-care diagnostics, wearable health sensors, water and air quality monitoring and purification, lithography machines, displays, and brain-inspired computing, to soft microrobotics.
The section is structured around the senior scientists Jaap den Toonder (also head of the section), Regina Luttge, Hans Wyss, Yoeri van de Burgt and Erik Homburg, who collectively hold the expertise that defines the scientific identity of the section:
- Jaap den Toonder: microfluidics, micromechanics, organ-on-a-chip
- Regina Luttge: neuro-nanoscale engineering
- Hans Wyss: microfluidics, soft-matter
- Yoeri van de Burgt: organic devices for brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing
- Erik Homburg: Engineering design
Together, the Microsystems scientists carry out research in four main research lines: Micro manufacturing technologies, Microfluidics, Biomedical microdevices, and Micro-electro-opto-mechanics.
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Microfluidics
Engineering & Materials Science
lasers
Physics & Astronomy
Ultrashort pulses
Engineering & Materials Science
Fabrication
Engineering & Materials Science
Flow of fluids
Engineering & Materials Science
Fluids
Engineering & Materials Science
Hydrogels
Engineering & Materials Science
Polymers
Chemical Compounds
Network
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Profiles
Eva A. van Aalen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Protein Engineering - Doctoral Candidate
- den Toonder
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Research Output 1989 2020
3D sugar printing of networks mimicking the vasculature
Pollet, A. M. A. O., Homburg, E. F. G. A., Cardinaels, R. & den Toonder, J. M. J., 1 Jan 2020, In : Micromachines. 11, 1, 22 p., 43.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
Sugars
Printing
Glass
Microfabrication
Velocity measurement
A soft transporter robot fueled by light
Da Cunha, M. P., Ambergen, S., Debije, M. G., Homburg, F. G. A. E., den Toonder, J. M. J. & Schenning, A. P. H. J., 2020, In : Advanced Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
File
transporter
robots
locomotion
Locomotion
Robots
A microfluidic oxygen gradient device to assess EMT state and migrational responses of cancer cells
Sleeboom, J., van der Doelen, K., Kruyt, F., Sahlgren, C. M. & den Toonder, J. M. J., Jul 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Equipment
Microfab/Lab
Sheen Sahebali (Manager) & W.B.M. ter Elst (Manager)
Department of Mechanical EngineeringFacility/equipment: Research lab
Cells
Lithography
3D printers
Biomedical engineering
Cell growth
Prizes
Best Student Paper Award ICPM 2018
Eveline van Doremaele (Recipient), Jul 2018
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Lab-on-a-chip
Brain
Tumors
Neural networks
Costs
Activities 2017 2017
Member Scientific Advisory Panel
Yoeri van de Burgt (Consultant)1 Oct 2017 → …
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy › Scientific
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Electronic address: vsd@eng.cam.ac.uk.
Yoeri van de Burgt (Visiting researcher)26 Aug 2017 → 1 Dec 2017
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
Press / Media
Dream Chemistry Award 2019 goes to Yujia Qing of University of Oxford
6/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
-Eindhoven University of Technology: New technique measures near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors
20/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Stanford Researchers Redefine Quantum Dots to be Near-Perfect
18/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Research areas
Biomedical microdevices
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Micro-electro-opto-mechanics
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Microfluidics
Impact: Research Topic/Theme (at group level)
Student theses
A brain chip to investigate neurite outgrowth by trapping cell-laden hydrogel beads in microsieves
Author: Labeur, T., 29 Aug 2019Supervisor: Bouten, C. (Supervisor 1), Luttge, R. (Supervisor 2), Kurniawan, N. (Supervisor 2) & Bastiaens, A. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Controlling the doping level in a conducting polymer for application in enhancement mode organic electrochemical transistors
Author: Pol, T., 13 Nov 2018Supervisor: Meskers, S. (Supervisor 1), van de Burgt, Y. (Supervisor 2), Janssen, R. (Supervisor 2) & Friedrich, H. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Low temperature and rapid processing of mesoporous Titanium dioxide for highly-efficient flexible Perovskite solar cells
Author: Feleki, B., 23 Feb 2017Supervisor: den Toonder, J. (Supervisor 1) & Galagan, Y. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master