The azobenzene chromophore is used as a functional dye for the development of smart microfluidic devices. A single layer microfluidic channel is produced, exploiting the potential of a dye doped PDMS formulation. The key advantage of this approach is the possibility to control the fluid flow by means of a simple light stimulus. Furthermore, the deformation can be controlled in time, space and intensity, giving rise to several degrees of freedom in the actuation of the channel squeezing. A future perspective will be the implementation of the microfluidic platform with structured light, to have the possibility to control the flow in a parallel and reversible manner at several points, modifying the pattern in real time.

Real-time and reversible light-actuated microfluidic channel squeezing in dye-doped PDMS / Angelini, Angelo; Agero, Ubirajara; Ferrarese Lupi, Federico; Fretto, Matteo; Pirri, Fabrizio; Frascella, Francesca. - In: SOFT MATTER. - ISSN 1744-683X. - 16:18(2020), pp. 4383-4388-4388. [10.1039/d0sm00217h]

Real-time and reversible light-actuated microfluidic channel squeezing in dye-doped PDMS

Angelini, Angelo;Ferrarese Lupi, Federico;Fretto, Matteo;
2020

Abstract

The azobenzene chromophore is used as a functional dye for the development of smart microfluidic devices. A single layer microfluidic channel is produced, exploiting the potential of a dye doped PDMS formulation. The key advantage of this approach is the possibility to control the fluid flow by means of a simple light stimulus. Furthermore, the deformation can be controlled in time, space and intensity, giving rise to several degrees of freedom in the actuation of the channel squeezing. A future perspective will be the implementation of the microfluidic platform with structured light, to have the possibility to control the flow in a parallel and reversible manner at several points, modifying the pattern in real time.
2020
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