TY - GEN
T1 - Porous microwells for geometry-selective, Large-scale microparticle arrays
AU - Kim, J. J.
AU - Bong, K. W.
AU - Reátegui, E.
AU - Irimia, D.
AU - Doyle, P. S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Large-scale microparticle arrays (LSMA) are key for material science and bioengineering applications. Previous approaches suffer from tradeoffs between scalability, precision, specificity, and versatility. Here we present a porous microwell-based approach to create large-scale microparticle arrays with complex motifs. Microparticles are guided to and pulled into microwells by fluid flow through small open pores at the bottom of the porous wells. A scaling theory allows for the rational design of LSMAs to sort and array particles based on the size, shape or modulus of the microparticles. We demonstrate the capabilities of the technique by applying it to generate a complex, covert tag.
AB - Large-scale microparticle arrays (LSMA) are key for material science and bioengineering applications. Previous approaches suffer from tradeoffs between scalability, precision, specificity, and versatility. Here we present a porous microwell-based approach to create large-scale microparticle arrays with complex motifs. Microparticles are guided to and pulled into microwells by fluid flow through small open pores at the bottom of the porous wells. A scaling theory allows for the rational design of LSMAs to sort and array particles based on the size, shape or modulus of the microparticles. We demonstrate the capabilities of the technique by applying it to generate a complex, covert tag.
KW - Large-scale/complex arrays
KW - Microparticles
KW - Porous microwells
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85014257120
T3 - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
SP - 1085
EP - 1086
BT - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
PB - Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
T2 - 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
Y2 - 9 October 2016 through 13 October 2016
ER -