Directed Autonomic Flow: Functional Motility Fluidics

Philipp T Kühn; Barbara Santos de Miranda; Patrick van Rijn

doi:10.1002/adma.201503000

Directed Autonomic Flow: Functional Motility Fluidics

Adv Mater. 2015 Dec 2;27(45):7401-6. doi: 10.1002/adma.201503000. Epub 2015 Oct 15.

Authors

Philipp T Kühn^{1

2}, Barbara Santos de Miranda^{1

2}, Patrick van Rijn^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering-FB40, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713, AV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² W. J. Kolff Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science-FB41, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713, AW, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 26467031
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201503000

Abstract

Unidirectional coherent motion of a self-moving droplet is achieved and combined in a functional motility fluidic chip for chemical reactions via a novel and straightforward approach. The droplet shows both increased movement speeds and displacement distances without any input of energy. Nanoparticle synthesis is performed using the autonomous movement in a fluidic chip that induces transport, mixing, and collection.

Keywords: automatic flows; motility fluidics; nanoparticles; self-moving droplets; wettability.