TY - GEN
T1 - Magnetically modified soft micro actuators for oocyte manipulation
AU - Yamanishi, Yoko
AU - Sakuma, Shinya
AU - Arai, Fumihito
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We have developed novel magnetically driven polymeric microtool for non-intrusive and no contamination experiments on a chip. The composite is formed by suspending magnetite particles in polydimethylsiloxane. In order to obtain precise and complicated pattern of magnetic microtools, a photolithography techniques has been applied by making good use of thick KMPR-1050 photoresist as sacrifice-mold. The novelties of these tools are 1. fabrication of any 2D shape, 2.softness, 3. no contact actuation, 4. mass production with low cost. These versatile magnetic mirotools can be applied to various functions such as stirrer, valve, loader and sorter and so on. The potential impact of this technology includes sample selection and separation, particle loading and immobilization, genetic operation, tracking, mixing and reaction techniques into portable microfluidic labs-on-a-chip, culture systems.
AB - We have developed novel magnetically driven polymeric microtool for non-intrusive and no contamination experiments on a chip. The composite is formed by suspending magnetite particles in polydimethylsiloxane. In order to obtain precise and complicated pattern of magnetic microtools, a photolithography techniques has been applied by making good use of thick KMPR-1050 photoresist as sacrifice-mold. The novelties of these tools are 1. fabrication of any 2D shape, 2.softness, 3. no contact actuation, 4. mass production with low cost. These versatile magnetic mirotools can be applied to various functions such as stirrer, valve, loader and sorter and so on. The potential impact of this technology includes sample selection and separation, particle loading and immobilization, genetic operation, tracking, mixing and reaction techniques into portable microfluidic labs-on-a-chip, culture systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/MHS.2007.4420896
DO - 10.1109/MHS.2007.4420896
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:50149090453
SN - 9781424418589
T3 - 2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS
SP - 442
EP - 447
BT - 2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2007 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, MHS
Y2 - 11 November 2007 through 14 November 2007
ER -