A Compact Manually Actuated Micromanipulator

作者：Chan Bin Da^*; Mateen Farrukh; Chang Chun Li; Icoz Kutay; Savran Cagri A

来源：Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2012, 21(1): 7-9.

DOI：10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431

• Microgripper
• micromanipulator
• microstamping
• microtweezer

This letter reports a compact, versatile, and user-friendly micromanipulator that uses an elastically deformable silicon microtweezer to grab microentities, and a micrometer head for rotational manual actuation. The micro-/macroconnection is achieved via a graphite interface that results in a compact and portable design and placement on most translation stages. The system which can operate in both air and liquid, and transport objects between the two media, has a wide range of applications. We demonstrate but a few of them, including in situ construction of microstructures in 3-D, isolation and placement of individual microparticles on designated spots on sensors, on-demand microcontact printing of microparticles, and manipulation of live stem cell spheres. [2011-0237]

• 出版日期2012-2