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This letter reports a compact, versatile, and user-friendly micromanipulator that uses an elastically deformable silicon microtweezer to grab microentities, and a micrometer head for rotational manual actuation. The micro-/macroconnection is achieved via a graphite interface that results in a compact and portable design and placement on most translation stages. The system which can operate in both air and liquid, and transport objects between the two media, has a wide range of applications. We demonstrate but a few of them, including in situ construction of microstructures in 3-D, isolation and placement of individual microparticles on designated spots on sensors, on-demand microcontact printing of microparticles, and manipulation of live stem cell spheres.
Published in:
Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of
(Volume:21
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Feb. 2012
- Page(s):
- 7 - 9
- ISSN :
- 1057-7157
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 12509132
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Publication :
- 01 December 2011
- Date of Current Version :
- 02 February 2012
- Issue Date :
- Feb. 2012
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Electron Devices Society
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