Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips

We demonstrate that catalytic micromotors can be trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped structures. Despite the challenge presented by the reduced size of the traps, microfluidic chips with different trapping geometries can be fabricated via replica moulding. We prove that...

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Autores principales: Restrepo-Pérez, Laura, Soler, Lluís, Martínez-Cisneros, Cynthia S., Sánchez, Samuel, Schmidt, Oliver G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal Society of Chemistry 2014
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Chemistry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24643940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3lc51419f
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author Restrepo-Pérez, Laura
Soler, Lluís
Martínez-Cisneros, Cynthia S.
Sánchez, Samuel
Schmidt, Oliver G.
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Soler, Lluís
Martínez-Cisneros, Cynthia S.
Sánchez, Samuel
Schmidt, Oliver G.
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description We demonstrate that catalytic micromotors can be trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped structures. Despite the challenge presented by the reduced size of the traps, microfluidic chips with different trapping geometries can be fabricated via replica moulding. We prove that these microfluidic chips can capture micromotors without the need for any external mechanism to control their motion.
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spelling pubmed-40061162014-05-22 Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips Restrepo-Pérez, Laura Soler, Lluís Martínez-Cisneros, Cynthia S. Sánchez, Samuel Schmidt, Oliver G. Lab Chip Chemistry We demonstrate that catalytic micromotors can be trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped structures. Despite the challenge presented by the reduced size of the traps, microfluidic chips with different trapping geometries can be fabricated via replica moulding. We prove that these microfluidic chips can capture micromotors without the need for any external mechanism to control their motion. Royal Society of Chemistry 2014-04-01 2014-05-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4006116/ /pubmed/24643940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3lc51419f Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Chemistry
Restrepo-Pérez, Laura
Soler, Lluís
Martínez-Cisneros, Cynthia S.
Sánchez, Samuel
Schmidt, Oliver G.
Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title_full Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title_fullStr Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title_full_unstemmed Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title_short Trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
title_sort trapping self-propelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24643940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3lc51419f
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