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ArticleMicromachines2020

A Concentration Gradients Tunable Generator with Adjustable Position of the Acoustically Oscillating Bubbles.

Bendong Liu, Zhigao Ma, Jiahui Yang, Guohua Gao, Haibin Liu

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Article in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Bendong LiuFaculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Zhigao MaFaculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Jiahui YangFaculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Guohua GaoFaculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
Haibin LiuFaculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is essential to control concentration gradients at specific locations for many biochemical experiments. This paper proposes a tunable concentration gradient generator actuated by acoustically oscillating bubbles trapped in the bubble channels using a controllable position based on the gas permeability of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The gradient generator consists of a glass substrate, a PDMS chip, and a piezoelectric transducer. When the trapped bubbles are activated by acoustic waves, the solution near the gas-liquid interface is mixed. The volume of the bubbles and the position of the gas-liquid interface are regulated through the permeability of the PDMS wall. The tunable concentration gradient can be realized by changing the numbers and positions of the bubbles that enable the mixing of fluids in the main channel, and the amplitude of the applied voltage. This new device is easy to fabricate, responsive, and biocompatible, and therefore has great application prospects. In particular, it is suitable for biological research with high requirements for temporal controllability.

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acoustically oscillating bubblesconcentration gradientspolydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) walltemporal controllability

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PMID32878158
PMCPMC7570149

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