Print Email Facebook Twitter Design of optical micromachines for use in biologically relevant environments Title Design of optical micromachines for use in biologically relevant environments Author Andrew, Philippa Kate (Massey University) Fan, D. (TU Delft Micro and Nano Engineering) Raudsepp, Allan (Massey University) Lofroth, Matthew (Massey University) Staufer, U. (TU Delft Micro and Nano Engineering) Williams, Martin A.K. (Massey University) Avci, Ebubekir (Massey University) Date 2020 Abstract Advances in nanofabrication over the past twenty years have enabled the creation and use of ever-more interesting and useful micromachines. Optical micromachines are a particularly attractive subset of these for researchers in biological and soft-matter sciences, due to their potential to aid in optical tweezer studies of laser-sensitive samples. However, the development of multi-component micromachines is made difficult due to the dominance of surface forces at this scale, which is made all the more relevant in the high-salt concentrations used for biological studies. This study concerns the design of simple, first-class lever micromachines for use in environments with different salt concentrations, in an attempt to provide a guideline for design requirements of functional optical micromachines for use in physiological conditions. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:37752716-bdcf-4741-93bd-aaa28f07ecd8 DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM43001.2020.9158816 Publisher IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA Embargo date 2021-02-05 ISBN 978-1-7281-6794-7 Source Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2020 Event 2020 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2020, 2020-07-06 → 2020-07-09, Boston, United States Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2020 Philippa Kate Andrew, D. Fan, Allan Raudsepp, Matthew Lofroth, U. Staufer, Martin A.K. Williams, Ebubekir Avci Files PDF 09158816.pdf 3.91 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:37752716-bdcf-4741-93bd-aaa28f07ecd8/datastream/OBJ/view