Nature-inspired micro-fluidic manipulation using artificial cilia

Jaap M.J. den Toonder; Dirk J. Broer; Murray Gillies; Judith De Goede; Titie Mol; Wim Talen; Hans Wilderbeek

Nature-inspired micro-fluidic manipulation using artificial cilia

Jaap M.J. den Toonder, Dirk J. Broer, Murray Gillies, Judith De Goede, Titie Mol, Wim Talen, Hans Wilderbeek

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Abstract

We have developed polymer-based micro-actuators that can be set in motion electrostatically. When integrated in a micro-fluidic channel, the effect of the moving actuators resembles that of so-called "cilia" (beating microscopic hairs) that occur in nature and which are used for example in micro-organism propulsion. We have shown experimentally that, indeed, our artificial cilia can induce significant flow velocities of at least 75 μm/s in a fluid with a viscosity of 10 mPas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th international conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences : November 5-9 2006: Tokyo, Japan
Editors	Takehio Kitamori
Pages	561-563
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2006 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 5 Nov 2006 → 9 Nov 2006 Conference number: 10

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2006
Abbreviated title	MicroTAS 2006
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	5/11/06 → 9/11/06

Keywords

Artificial cilia
Electrostatics
Micro-fluidics
Polymer micro-actuators

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den Toonder, JMJ , Broer, DJ, Gillies, M, De Goede, J, Mol, T, Talen, W & Wilderbeek, H 2006, Nature-inspired micro-fluidic manipulation using artificial cilia. in T Kitamori (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th international conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences : November 5-9 2006: Tokyo, Japan. pp. 561-563, 10th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2006, Tokyo, Japan, 5/11/06.

Nature-inspired micro-fluidic manipulation using artificial cilia. / den Toonder, Jaap M.J.; Broer, Dirk J.; Gillies, Murray et al.
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences : November 5-9 2006: Tokyo, Japan. ed. / Takehio Kitamori. 2006. p. 561-563.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

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