On-demand microfluidic control by micropatterned light irradiation of a photoresponsive hydrogel sheet

Authors :: Kimio Sumaru
Miklós Zrínyi
Shinji Sugiura
Toshiyuki Takagi
Koji Hattori
András Szilágyi
Toshiyuki Kanamori
Genovéva Filipcsei
Source :: Lab on a chip. 9(2)
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Novel on-chip fluid control strategies, on-demand formation of arbitrary microchannels and parallel control of multiple microvalves were successfully demonstrated by means of computer-controlled micropatterned light irradiation of a photoresponsive hydrogel sheet.

Subjects :: Materials science
Light
business.industry
Microfluidics
Biomedical Engineering
Light irradiation
Bioengineering
Nanotechnology
Hydrogels
General Chemistry
Biochemistry
Fluid control
On demand
Optoelectronics
Dimethylpolysiloxanes
business

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