Artificial Cilia: Generation of Magnetic Actuators in Microfluidic Systems |
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| Authors: | Jacob Belardi Nicolas Schorr Oswald Prucker Jürgen Rühe |
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| Affiliation: | University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), D‐79110 Freiburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Magnetic artificial cilia are fabricated from photoreactive copolymer precursors filled with magnetic nanoparticles by a new photolithographic process. Two different crosslinkers and UV‐radiation of two different wavelengths are used to generate arrays of planar magnetically actuatable rubber flaps. The cilia are integrated into a microfluidic channel and operated in water using a rotating permanent magnet. |
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| Keywords: | actuators microfluidics magnetic nanoparticles lithography biomimetics |
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