Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers

Shuailong Zhang; Mohamed Elsayed; Ran Peng; Yujie Chen; Yanfeng Zhang; Jiaxi Peng; Weizhen Li; M. Dean Chamberlain; Adele Nikitina; Siyuan Yu; Xinyu Liu; Steven L. Neale; Aaron R. Wheeler

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25582-8

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers

Shuailong Zhang,
Mohamed Elsayed,
Ran Peng,
Yujie Chen,
Yanfeng Zhang,
Jiaxi Peng,
Weizhen Li,
M. Dean Chamberlain,
Adele Nikitina,
Siyuan Yu,
Xinyu Liu,
Steven L. Neale,
Aaron R. Wheeler

Affiliations

Shuailong Zhang: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Mohamed Elsayed: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Ran Peng: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Yujie Chen: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Yanfeng Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Jiaxi Peng: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Weizhen Li: James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
M. Dean Chamberlain: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Adele Nikitina: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Siyuan Yu: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University
Xinyu Liu: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Steven L. Neale: James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Aaron R. Wheeler: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25582-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Light-driven micromotors can convert energy to motion in sub-millimeter dimensions. Here, the authors extend this concept and introduce reconfigurable micromachines with multiple components, driven by optoelectronic tweezers, and demonstrate new functionalities.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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