Using Feedback Control of Microflows to Independently Steer Multiple Particles

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dc.contributor.authorShapiro, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorArmani, Michael D.
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, Satej
dc.contributor.authorProbst, Roland
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-01T18:04:10Z
dc.date.available2009-10-01T18:04:10Z
dc.date.issued2006-08
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we show how to combine microfluidics and feedback control to independently steer multiple particles with micrometer accuracy in two spatial dimensions. The particles are steered by creating a fluid flow that carries all the particles from where they are to where they should be at each time step. Our control loop comprises sensing, computation, and actuation to steer particles along user-input trajectories. Particle locations are identified in real-time by an optical system and transferred to a control algorithm that then determines the electrode voltages necessary to create a flow field to carry all the particles to their next desired locations. The process repeats at the next time instant. Our method achieves inexpensive steering of particles by using conventional electroosmotic actuation in microfluidic channels. This type of particle steering does not require optical traps and can noninvasively steer neutral or charged particles and objects that cannot be captured by laser tweezers. (Laser tweezers cannot steer reflective particles, or particles where the index of refraction is lower than (or for more sophisticated optical vortex holographic tweezers does not differ substantially from) that of the surrounding medium.)We show proof-of-concept PDMS devices, having four and eightelectrodes, with control algorithms that can steer one and three particles, respectively. In particular, we demonstrate experimentally that it is possible to use electroosmotic flow to accurately steer and trap multiple particles at once.en
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dc.identifier.citationM.Armani, S.Chaudhary, R.Probst, B.Shapiro. Using Feedback Control of Micro-Flows to Independently Steer Multiple Particles. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), vol 15, no 4, pg 945-956, Aug 2006.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9436
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtA. James Clark School of Engineeringen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtAerospace Engineeringen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
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dc.subjectelectrophoreticen
dc.subjectFeedback controlen
dc.subjectMicrofluidicsen
dc.subjectparticlesen
dc.subjectsteeringen
dc.subjecttrappingen
dc.subjectElectroosmotic actuationen
dc.titleUsing Feedback Control of Microflows to Independently Steer Multiple Particlesen
dc.typeArticleen

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