Microfluidic pneumatic cages : A novel approach for in-chip crystal trapping, manipulation and controlled chemical treatment
Abrishamkar, Afshin (ETH Zurich. Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Paradinas Aranjuelo, Marcos (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia)
Bailo, Elena (WITec GmbH)
Rodríguez Trujillo, Romen (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Pfattner, Raphael (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
Rossi, René M. (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)
Ocal García, Carmen (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
deMello, Andrew J. (Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering)
Amabilino, David B. (The University of Nottingham)
Puigmarti-Luis, Josep (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	The precise localization and controlled chemical treatment of structures on a surface are significant challenges for common laboratory technologies. Herein, we introduce a microfluidic-based technology, employing a double-layer microfluidic device, which can trap and localize in situ and ex situ synthesized structures on microfluidic channel surfaces. Crucially, we show how such a device can be used to conduct controlled chemical reactions onto on-chip trapped structures and we demonstrate how the synthetic pathway of a crystalline molecular material and its positioning inside a microfluidic channel can be precisely modified with this technology. This approach provides new opportunities for the controlled assembly of structures on surface and for their subsequent treatment.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Controlled chemical treatment ; Double-layer chips ; Microfluidics ; Micro-valves ; Pneumatic cages ; Self-assembly
Published in:	Journal of visualized experiments, Vol. 113 (July 2016) , art. e54193, ISSN 1940-087X

DOI: 10.3791/54193
PMID: 27500740

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