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ArticleMicromachines2019

Assembly of Microparticles to Patterned Trenches Using the Depletion Volume Effect.

Yaoki Mori, Ryota Kawai, Hiroaki Suzuki

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Article in Micromachines, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yaoki MoriDepartment Precision Mechanics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan.
Ryota KawaiPrecision Engineering Course, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan.
Hiroaki SuzukiPrecision Engineering Course, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chuo University, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan. suzuki@mech.chuo-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-8899-0955

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate that 20 μm microbeads can be preferentially assembled into substrate trenches of similar width by employing a polymer (depletant) that induces the depletion volume effect (depletion attraction). In previous works, we proved that this strategy is useful to assemble mesoscale parts in a site-specific manner. Here, we show that it is also applicable to assemble functional parts, such as fluorescent particles, into trenches engraved on the surface of two- and three-dimensional template components. A convenient advantage of this strategy is that it is independent of material properties for assembling mesoscale functional components into desired patterns.

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depletion volume effectexcluded volume effectmesoscale assemblyself-assemblythree-dimensional assembly

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PMID31261677
PMCPMC6680554

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