Harnessing catalytic pumps for directional delivery of microparticles in microchambers

Sambeeta Das; Oleg E. Shklyaev; Alicia Altemose; Henry Shum; Isamar Ortiz-Rivera; Lyanne Valdez; Thomas E. Mallouk; Anna C. Balazs; Ayusman Sen

doi:10.1038/ncomms14384

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Harnessing catalytic pumps for directional delivery of microparticles in microchambers

Sambeeta Das,
Oleg E. Shklyaev,
Alicia Altemose,
Henry Shum,
Isamar Ortiz-Rivera,
Lyanne Valdez,
Thomas E. Mallouk,
Anna C. Balazs,
Ayusman Sen

Affiliations

Sambeeta Das: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Oleg E. Shklyaev: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Alicia Altemose: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Henry Shum: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Isamar Ortiz-Rivera: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Lyanne Valdez: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Thomas E. Mallouk: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Anna C. Balazs: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Ayusman Sen: Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14384
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Targeted delivery of microparticles is desirable for rapid, sensitive biological assays or self-assembly process. Here Daset al. use catalytic reactions on the surface of microfluidic chambers to generate unidirectional flows that carry and deposit microparticles to selective regions of the chamber.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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