Experimental research on cell configuration control with micro-fluid
by Qin Zhang; Weijun Huang; Wuchen Lei; Gang Su; Hisayuki Aoyama
International Journal of Nanomanufacturing (IJNM), Vol. 10, No. 4, 2014

Abstract: Configuration (position and orientation) control is an important issue in the micromanipulation of cells. A non-contact method based on micro-fluid for cell configuration control is presented in this paper. A cell is positioned by the balanced pressure of a pair of lined micro-fluids from two tiny tubes. The orientation control is achieved by rotating the cell in a swirl caused by a pair of parallel opposite micro-fluids from the two tubes. With fluctuant micro-fluids generated by pulsating jetting, cell orientation can be controlled more precisely. The method is valid for cells of different shapes and sizes. The effectiveness of the proposed non-contact method for cell configuration control was verified by experiments.

Online publication date: Thu, 24-Jul-2014

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