Magnetically-Controlled Microfluidic Devices and Structures

这个工程微系统：“XYZ”芯片项目的目标是研究磁性胶体颗粒及其在几个微流体力学应用中的应用。 为了有效的药物筛选、化学检测和组合化学而进行并行化学和生物化学过程的需要激发了对微观尺度上的化学过程的兴趣。 大多数现有技术依赖于压力驱动和电动过程来在设备周围运输分析物和产物。 在这项工作中，另一个控制参数，磁场，被添加到系统。 磁性胶体颗粒自组装成链是其关键过程。 当拴系到微观流体流动和悬浮分析物的表面时。 微观流动系统，化学图案化的表面，并连接到表面的磁链将被设计，然后研究所产生的流体力学和磁链动力学将被调查。 需要解决的基本问题包括：磁性胶体颗粒的束缚和非束缚链的动力学和力学性质;微观流体力学;磁珠阵列的过滤和筛分能力;以及驱动微磁搅拌器的微尺度混合性能。 例子是分离过程中涉及筛分或过滤的细胞或颗粒，以及在微反应器中的有效混合的匡威问题。该项目将与斯坦福大学纳米工厂合作进行，该工厂是NSF国家纳米工厂用户网络的一部分。

The goal of this Engineering Microsystems: "XYZ" on a Chip project is to investigate magnetic colloidal particles and their use in several micro-fluid mechanics applications. The need to miniaturize and perform parallel chemical and biochemical processes for efficient drug screening, chemical detection, and combinatorial chemistry motivates interest in chemical processes on a microscopic scale. Most of the current state of the art relies on pressure-driven and electrokinetic processes to transport analytes and products around device. In this work another control parameter, a magnetic field, is added to the system. The self-assembly of magnetic colloidal particles into chains is the key process. When tethered to surfaces in microscopic fluid flow and suspended analytes. The microscopic flow system, chemically patterning the surfaces, and linking the magnetic chains to surfaces will be designed, and then studying the resulting fluid mechanics and magnetic chain dynamics will be investigated. The fundamental issues to be addressed include: the dynamics and mechanical properties of tethered and untethered chains of magnetic colloidal particles; the microscopic fluid mechanics; the filtering and sieving capabilities of magnetic bead arrays; and the micro-scale mixing performance of actuated micromagnetic stirrers. Examples are presented for separation processes involving sieving or filtration of cells or particles, and the converse issue of effective mixing in a microreactor.This project will be conducted in collaboration with the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility, a part of the NSF National Nanofabrication Users Network.