Manipulation Of Multiphase Materials For Touch-less Nanobiotechnology: A Pyrofluidic Platform (springer Theses)
by Sara Coppola /
2016 / English / PDF
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The thesis presents an original and smart way to manipulate
liquid and polymeric materials using a “pyro-fluidic platform”
which exploits the pyro-electric effect activated onto a
ferroelectric crystal. It describes a great variety of
functionalities of the pyro-electrohydrodynamic platform, such as
droplet self-assembling and dispensing, for manipulating
multiphase liquids at the micro- and nanoscale. The thesis
demonstrates the feasibility of non-contact self-assembling of
liquids in plane (1D) using a micro engineered crystal, improving
the dispensing capability and the smart transfer of material
between two different planes (2D) and controlling and fabricating
three-dimensional structures (3D).
The thesis presents an original and smart way to manipulate
liquid and polymeric materials using a “pyro-fluidic platform”
which exploits the pyro-electric effect activated onto a
ferroelectric crystal. It describes a great variety of
functionalities of the pyro-electrohydrodynamic platform, such as
droplet self-assembling and dispensing, for manipulating
multiphase liquids at the micro- and nanoscale. The thesis
demonstrates the feasibility of non-contact self-assembling of
liquids in plane (1D) using a micro engineered crystal, improving
the dispensing capability and the smart transfer of material
between two different planes (2D) and controlling and fabricating
three-dimensional structures (3D).
The thesis present the fabrication of highly integrated and
automated ‘lab-on-a-chip’ systems based on microfluidics. The
pyro-platform presented herein offers the great advantage of
enabling the actuation of liquids in contact with a polar
dielectric crystal through an electrode-less configuration. The
simplicity and flexibility of the method for fabricating 3D
polymer microstructures shows the great potential of the
pyro-platform functionalities, exploitable in many fields, from
optics to biosensing. In particular, this thesis reports the
fabrication of optically active elements, such as nanodroplets,
microlenses and microstructures, which have many potential
applications in photonics.
The thesis present the fabrication of highly integrated and
automated ‘lab-on-a-chip’ systems based on microfluidics. The
pyro-platform presented herein offers the great advantage of
enabling the actuation of liquids in contact with a polar
dielectric crystal through an electrode-less configuration. The
simplicity and flexibility of the method for fabricating 3D
polymer microstructures shows the great potential of the
pyro-platform functionalities, exploitable in many fields, from
optics to biosensing. In particular, this thesis reports the
fabrication of optically active elements, such as nanodroplets,
microlenses and microstructures, which have many potential
applications in photonics.
The capability for manipulating the samples of interest in a
touch-less modality is very attractive for biological and
chemical assays. Besides controlling cell growth and fate, smart
micro-elements could deliver optical stimuli from and to cells
monitoring their growth in real time, opening interesting
perspectives for the realization of optically active scaffolds
made of nanoengineered functional elements, thus paving the way
to fascinating Optogenesis Studies.
The capability for manipulating the samples of interest in a
touch-less modality is very attractive for biological and
chemical assays. Besides controlling cell growth and fate, smart
micro-elements could deliver optical stimuli from and to cells
monitoring their growth in real time, opening interesting
perspectives for the realization of optically active scaffolds
made of nanoengineered functional elements, thus paving the way
to fascinating Optogenesis Studies.