TY - GEN
T1 - Dierectrophoresis-based tweezers for cell-sized liposome manipulation
AU - Kodama, Taiga
AU - Osaki, Toshihisa
AU - Kawano, Ryuji
AU - Sasaki, Hirotaka
AU - Kamiya, Koki
AU - Miki, Norihisa
AU - Takeuchi, Shoji
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this paper we propose an efficient tweezing methodology for liposome using positive-dielectrophoresis (pDEP). These DEP-based tweezers consist of a round-shaped glass-capillary equipped with two thin Au film electrodes. The electrodes are fabricated using a double side shadow mask (DSSM) technique. This very simple process enables low-cost and reliable fabrication. Using the DEP-based tweezers, we succeeded in capturing, holding, manipulating, and releasing a cell-sized single liposome flowing in the water without deforming it. The proposed tweezers herein can be a strong tool for studies of cell-sized liposome that can be referred to as an artificial coordinated cell.
AB - In this paper we propose an efficient tweezing methodology for liposome using positive-dielectrophoresis (pDEP). These DEP-based tweezers consist of a round-shaped glass-capillary equipped with two thin Au film electrodes. The electrodes are fabricated using a double side shadow mask (DSSM) technique. This very simple process enables low-cost and reliable fabrication. Using the DEP-based tweezers, we succeeded in capturing, holding, manipulating, and releasing a cell-sized single liposome flowing in the water without deforming it. The proposed tweezers herein can be a strong tool for studies of cell-sized liposome that can be referred to as an artificial coordinated cell.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170190
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170190
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860458376
SN - 9781467303248
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 1029
EP - 1032
BT - 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2012
Y2 - 29 January 2012 through 2 February 2012
ER -