@inproceedings{86862cffb90145cc991feed5f9639c9c,
title = "Eukaryotic flagella as motile tools for microfluidic devices",
abstract = "This paper describes a method of producing a rotating flagella array. Flagella of unicellular algae Chlamydomonas were released from the cell body, and selectively fixed on the glass substrate where methacryloyloxyethylphosphorylcholine (MPC)-polymer was patterned in order to prevent non-specific binding. They were then reactivated and rotated like micro motors when ATP was added. Using this experimental set-up, we monitored single flagellum continuously on site and changed its rotating speed by controlling the concentration of Ca2+. We believe that rotating flagella can be utilized as actuators for various microfluidic devices.",
keywords = "Biomolecular motor, Flagella, Micro array, MPC-polymer",
author = "Hajime Nakamura and Kaori Kuribayashi and Hiroaki Onoe and Shoji Takeuchi",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007",
publisher = "Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society",
pages = "1222--1224",
editor = "Jean-Louis Viovy and Patrick Tabeling and Stephanie Descroix and Laurent Malaquin",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007",
note = "11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, uTAS 2007 ; Conference date: 07-10-2007 Through 11-10-2007",
}