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Active Guidance of 3D Microstructures
Author(s) -
Lee Sung Hoon,
Choi SungEun,
Heinz Austen James,
Park Wook,
Han Sangkwon,
Jung Yoonseok,
Kwon Sunghoon
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201001248
Subject(s) - sorting , microstructure , stacking , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , mechanism (biology) , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , physics , algorithm , computer network , composite material , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A new method for sorting loaded microstructures using a platform known as active rail is presented. Active rail actively sorts grooved hydrogel microstructures at channel branch sites through pneumatic activation of a flexible rail. This paper provides a sorting mechanism that is capable of continuous flow reconfigurable multibranch guidance, and it demonstrates stacking of microstructures for combinatorial multicompartment chemical delivery.