On-demand microfluidic control by micropatterned light irradiation of a photoresponsive hydrogel sheet.

Sugiura, Shinji; Szilágyi, András; Sumaru, Kimio; Hattori, Koji; Takagi, Toshiyuki; Filipcsei, Genovéva; Zrínyi, Miklós; Kanamori, Toshiyuki · Lab Chip · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

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.

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