Microfluidic-Based Droplet and Cell Manipulations Using Artificial Bacterial Flagella

Herein, we assess the functionality of magnetic helical microswimmers as basic tools for the manipulation of soft materials, including microdroplets and single cells. Their ability to perform a range of unit operations is evaluated and the operational challenges associated with their use are establi...

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Autores principales: Ding, Yun, Qiu, Famin, Casadevall i Solvas, Xavier, Chiu, Flora Wing Yin, Nelson, Bradley J., deMello, Andrew
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Publicado: MDPI 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi7020025
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author Ding, Yun
Qiu, Famin
Casadevall i Solvas, Xavier
Chiu, Flora Wing Yin
Nelson, Bradley J.
deMello, Andrew
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description Herein, we assess the functionality of magnetic helical microswimmers as basic tools for the manipulation of soft materials, including microdroplets and single cells. Their ability to perform a range of unit operations is evaluated and the operational challenges associated with their use are established. In addition, we also report on interactions observed between the head of such helical swimmers and the boundaries of droplets and cells and discuss the possibilities of assembling an artificial swimming microorganism or a motorized cell.
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spelling pubmed-61903762018-11-01 Microfluidic-Based Droplet and Cell Manipulations Using Artificial Bacterial Flagella Ding, Yun Qiu, Famin Casadevall i Solvas, Xavier Chiu, Flora Wing Yin Nelson, Bradley J. deMello, Andrew Micromachines (Basel) Article Herein, we assess the functionality of magnetic helical microswimmers as basic tools for the manipulation of soft materials, including microdroplets and single cells. Their ability to perform a range of unit operations is evaluated and the operational challenges associated with their use are established. In addition, we also report on interactions observed between the head of such helical swimmers and the boundaries of droplets and cells and discuss the possibilities of assembling an artificial swimming microorganism or a motorized cell. MDPI 2016-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6190376/ /pubmed/30407399 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi7020025 Text en © 2016 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Microfluidic-Based Droplet and Cell Manipulations Using Artificial Bacterial Flagella
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407399
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi7020025
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