On-demand microfluidic control by micropatterned light irradiation of a photoresponsive hydrogel sheet.
Novel on-chip fluid control strategies, on-demand formation of arbitrary microchannels and parallel control of multiple microvalves were successfully demonstrated by means of computer-controlled micropatterned light irradiation of a photoresponsive hydrogel sheet.
Sugiura
Shinji
S
Research Center of Advanced Bionics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5th, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
Szilágyi
András
A
Sumaru
Kimio
K
Hattori
Koji
K
Takagi
Toshiyuki
T
Filipcsei
Genovéva
G
Zrínyi
Miklós
M
Kanamori
Toshiyuki
T
D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008027:Light; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000379:methods*
D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D020100:Hydrogels; C013830:baysilon