title: Surface acoustic wave atomizer and electrostatic deposition.
abstract: A new methodology for fabricating thin film or micro patters of organic/bio material using surface acoustic wave (SAW) atomizer and electrostatic deposition is proposed and characteristics of atomization techniques are discussed in terms of drop size and atomization speed. Various types of SAW atomizer are compared with electrospray and conventional ultrasonic atomizers. It has been proved that SAW atomizers generate drops as small as electrospray and have very fast atomization speed. This technique is applied to fabrication of micro patterns of proteins. According to the result of immunoassay, the specific activity of immunoglobulin was preserved after deposition process.
authors.affiliation: VCAD System Research Program, Applied Fabrication Team, RIKEN, 1-2 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama zip, 351-0198, Japan, yamagata@riken.jp.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamagata
mesh_terms: D055616:Microtechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013016:Sound; D055672:Static Electricity; D013499:Surface Properties