TY - GEN
T1 - Software-based design and fabrication of complex 3D shaped microparticles
AU - Wu, C. Y.
AU - Owsley, K.
AU - Chung, Aram
AU - Di Carlo, D.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Complex 3D microparticles could play an important role in several bioengineering technologies. However, the shape of particles that can currently be fabricated is restricted to certain types, like spheres, ellipsoids, and extrusions of 2D patterns. The design process for current technologies is also complicated for shapes other than 2D patterns. Here we demonstrate a fabrication method with software-enabled design to generate microparticles consisting of extrusions of two separately designed shapes, through (i) engineering the flow stream inside microchannels and (ii) exposing through arbitrary optical masks. We demonstrate agreement between fabricated particles and the software designs and an improved production rate.
AB - Complex 3D microparticles could play an important role in several bioengineering technologies. However, the shape of particles that can currently be fabricated is restricted to certain types, like spheres, ellipsoids, and extrusions of 2D patterns. The design process for current technologies is also complicated for shapes other than 2D patterns. Here we demonstrate a fabrication method with software-enabled design to generate microparticles consisting of extrusions of two separately designed shapes, through (i) engineering the flow stream inside microchannels and (ii) exposing through arbitrary optical masks. We demonstrate agreement between fabricated particles and the software designs and an improved production rate.
KW - 3D microparticles
KW - Inertial microfluidics
KW - Microparticle fabrication
KW - Particle synthesis
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84941648418
T3 - 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014
SP - 2497
EP - 2499
BT - 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014
PB - Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
T2 - 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2014
Y2 - 26 October 2014 through 30 October 2014
ER -