Ultrahigh speed cell manipulation by robot on a chip: A levitated structure with three-dimensionally patterned surface

M. Hagiwara, T. Kawahara, T. Masuda, T. Iijima, Y. Yamanishi, F. Arai

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Abstract

This paper presents the ultrahigh speed microrobot actuation for cell manipulations in a microfluidic chip. The Ni and Si composite fabrication was employed to form the optimum riblet shape to reduce fluid friction on the microrobot by aniso-tropic Si wet etching and deep reactive ion etching. The evaluation experiments show the effectiveness of the riblet surface, especially in the case of high speed actuation. The microrobot is biocompatible since the manipulation arm is composed of Si. We achieved high speed cell spheroids assembly to produce cell sheet in a microfluidic chip by dual-arm microrobot.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011
Pages1548-1550
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Dec 1
Event15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: 2011 Oct 22011 Oct 6

Publication series

Name15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011
Volume3

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period11/10/211/10/6

Keywords

  • Friction reduction
  • Magnetically driven microtool
  • Microrobot
  • Riblet

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering

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