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Tetherless, 3D, Micro-Nanoscale Tools and Devices for Lab on a Chip Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

David H Gracias
David H Gracias*
Affiliation:
dgracias@jhu.edu, Johns Hopkins University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 3400 N Charles Street, 125 Maryland Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States, 410-516-5284, 410-516-5510
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Abstract

On the macroscale, a laboratory scientist uses a large number of tools such as flasks, crucibles, spatulas, filter funnels, test tube holders and grippers. If laboratory procedures are to be miniaturized within chips, micro and nanoscale analogs of these macroscopic tools could provide enhanced functionality. In this paper, I describe research efforts in our group aimed at engineering three dimensional, tetherless and lithographically patterned miniaturized structures for lab on a chip applications.

Keywords

microelectro-mechanical (MEMS)self-assemblyfluidics

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