Size based sorting and patterning of microbeads by evaporation driven flow in a 3D micro-traps array

作者:Wong Chee Chung*; Liu Yuxin; Wang Karen Yanping; Rahman Abdur Rub Abdur
来源:Lab on a Chip, 2013, 13(18): 3663-3667.
DOI:10.1039/c3lc50274k

摘要

We present a three-dimensional (3D) micro-traps array for size selective sorting and patterning of microbeads via evaporation-driven capillary flow. The interconnected micro-traps array was manufactured by silicon micromachining. Microliters of aqueous solution containing particle mixtures of different sized (0.2 to 20 mu m diameter) beads were dispensed onto the micro-traps substrate. The smaller particles spontaneously wicked towards the periphery of the chip, while the larger beads were orderly docked within the micro-traps array.

  • 出版日期2013