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SUBMITTER: Das S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321755 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Das Sambeeta S Shklyaev Oleg E OE Altemose Alicia A Shum Henry H Ortiz-Rivera Isamar I Valdez Lyanne L Mallouk Thomas E TE Balazs Anna C AC Sen Ayusman A
Nature communications 20170217
The directed transport of microparticles in microfluidic devices is vital for efficient bioassays and fabrication of complex microstructures. There remains, however, a need for methods to propel and steer microscopic cargo that do not require modifying these particles. Using theory and experiments, we show that catalytic surface reactions can be used to deliver microparticle cargo to specified regions in microchambers. Here reagents diffuse from a gel reservoir and react with the catalyst-coated ...[more]