The Development of Chemopropulsion-based Fluidic Transport Systems

流体系统中化学物质的受控传输对于生命系统的运行是必不可少的。模拟合成流体系统中的细胞传输过程，从而允许试剂或产品从一个站点到另一个站点的受控传输，有可能为流体平台增加革命性的能力。这个项目将探索化学推进的潜力和局限性，以及它作为液体中载货车辆的驱动机制的用途。由此产生的流体传输系统可以用于在人体内传输药物，在传感或其他系统中充当信号转导的化学信使，或者在微流控设备周围移动货物。

The controlled transport of chemical species in fluidic systems is essential to the functioning of living systems. Emulating cellular transport processes in synthetic fluidic systems, so as to allow the controlled transport of reagents or products from one site to another, has the potential to add revolutionary capabilities to fluidic platforms. This project will explore the potential and limits of chemopropulsion and its use as a driving mechanism for cargo-carrying vehicles in fluids. The resulting fluidic transport systems could be used to transport medicine in the human body, act as chemical messengers for signal transduction in sensing or other systems or move cargo around microfluidic devices.