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ArticleMicromachines2024

Independent Concentration Manipulation Using Sidewall-Driven Micromixer.

Toshio Takayama, Hayato Maki

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Article in Micromachines, 2024. 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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2 authors.

Toshio TakayamaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0411-4764
Hayato MakiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 21H03837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lab-on-a-chip technology has been developed to streamline biochemical experiments by providing experimental environments in microscopic areas. Due to the difficulty of mixing chemicals in such small channels, various micromixers have been created. Our proposed sidewall-driven micromixer offers easy fabrication and precise control over mixing concentrations. In our previous study, we successfully generated concentration gradients by simultaneously mixing multiple chambers using a single actuator. However, it is not possible to mix different chemicals in each chamber. In this study, we developed a sidewall-driven micromixer that enables independent mixing in each chamber by installing one actuator per chamber. Experimental results showed that different conditions were achieved in each chamber using both microbead-mixture water and colored water. Thus, this mixer can be used to manipulate concentrations regardless of whether the mixing targets are particles or fluids.

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drug discoveryfluid vibrationmicromixersoft actuator

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PMID39064379
PMCPMC11278770

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