@inproceedings{9a9fc7cdb96244b6887a3d0dc9688f87,
title = "Hybrid magnetically driven microtools for on-demand droplet dispensing on a chip",
abstract = "We proposed a polymer-metal hybrid MMT (magnetically driven microtool) which has properties of both elasticity and rigidity. A magnetic metal axle is made by electroplating, then it is mounted directly in the center of the MMT during molding. By using this process, we could fabricate a hybrid MMT whose fixed axes are elastic to move specific direction, while the center axle is rigid to prevent bending by the unwanted external force. The magnetic metal axle also has a merit to have higher magnetic property which contributes to the powerful actuation. We designed a hybrid MMT for on-demand droplet dispensing on a chip. It has a parallel plate structure to be constrained in translational motion. The displacement of the hybrid MMT was about 300 μm which was 6 times larger than that of the conventional MMT, and on-demand droplet generation was successfully performed. We confirmed production of the 177.7 ± 2.3 μm droplet.",
keywords = "Droplet dispensing, Hybrid Microtool, Robochip, Robot-on-a-chip",
author = "Yoko Yamanishi and Yuki Kihara and Shinya Sakuma and Fumihito Arai",
year = "2009",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780979806421",
series = "Proceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences",
publisher = "Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society",
pages = "752--754",
booktitle = "Proceedings of Conference, MicroTAS 2009 - The 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences",
note = "13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009 ; Conference date: 01-11-2009 Through 05-11-2009",
}