Issue 21, 2010

High performance magnetically controllable microturbines

Abstract

Reported in this paper is two-photon photopolymerization (TPP) fabrication of magnetic microturbines with high surface smoothness towards microfluids mixing. As the key component of the magnetic photoresist, Fe3O4 nanoparticles were carefully screened for homogeneous doping. In this work, oleic acid stabilized Fe3O4 nanoparticles synthesized via high-temperature induced organic phase decomposition of an iron precursor show evident advantages in particle morphology. After modification with propoxylated trimethylolpropane triacrylate (PO3-TMPTA, a kind of cross-linker), the magnetic nanoparticles were homogeneously doped in acrylate-based photoresist for TPP fabrication of microstructures. Finally, a magnetic microturbine was successfully fabricated as an active mixing device for remote control of microfluids blending. The development of high quality magnetic photoresists would lead to high performance magnetically controllable microdevices for lab-on-a-chip (LOC) applications.

Graphical abstract: High performance magnetically controllable microturbines

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Article information

Article type
Technical Note
Submitted
30 Apr 2010
Accepted
20 Jul 2010
First published
19 Aug 2010

Lab Chip, 2010,10, 2902-2905

High performance magnetically controllable microturbines

Y. Tian, Y. Zhang, J. Ku, Y. He, B. Xu, Q. Chen, H. Xia and H. Sun, Lab Chip, 2010, 10, 2902 DOI: 10.1039/C005277A

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