ArticleLight, science & applications2016
Light-driven micro-tool equipped with a syringe function.
Article in Light, science & applications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
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35 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Light-driven microdrones.Nature nanotechnology · 2022Article
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- Laser Actuated Microgripper Using Optimized Chevron-Shaped Actuator.Micromachines · 2021Article
- Reconfigurable multi-component micromachines driven by optoelectronic tweezers.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Fiber-tip polymer clamped-beam probe for high-sensitivity nanoforce measurements.Light, science & applications · 2021Article
- Addressable Acoustic Actuation of 3D Printed Soft Robotic Microsystems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Leveraging developments in microfabrication open new possibilities for optical manipulation. With the structural design freedom from three-dimensional printing capabilities of two-photon polymerization, we are starting to see the emergence of cleverly shaped 'light robots' or optically actuated micro-tools that closely resemble their macroscopic counterparts in function and sometimes even in form. In this work, we have fabricated a new type of light robot that is capable of loading and unloading cargo using photothermally induced convection currents within the body of the tool. We have demonstrated this using silica and polystyrene beads as cargo. The flow speeds of the cargo during loading and unloading are significantly larger than when using optical forces alone. This new type of light robot presents a mode of material transport that may have a significant impact on targeted drug delivery and nanofluidics injection.
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