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In lab-on-a-chip systems, microactuators are critical to control the flow within the microchannels. Most of the current actuators require hardware connection (electromagnetic, thermopneumatic actuators, etc.) within the channels, thus significantly increasing the system complexity. Remotely controllable actuators would greatly simplify the system. We demonstrate nanocomposite microfluidic actuators remotely controlled by infrared (IR) light. These actuators are fabricated out of thermo-responsive poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAAm) nanocomposite hydrogels incorporated with glycidyl methacylate functionalized graphene-oxide (GO-GMA). Two example devices were realized implementing such actuators: a microvalve and a tunable liquid microlens.
Published in:
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS), 2011 16th International
Date of Conference: 5-9 June 2011
- Page(s):
- 2430 - 2433
- ISSN :
- Pending
- Print ISBN:
- 978-1-4577-0157-3
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 12169744
- Conference Location :
- Beijing
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969656
- Product Type:
- Conference Publications
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