Magnetic Nanorobots, Generating Vortexes Inside Nanoliter Droplets for Effective Mixing

Wen Han Chong; Yi Huang; Teck Neng Wong; Kim Tiow Ooi; Gui Ping Zhu

doi:10.1002/admt.201700312

Magnetic Nanorobots, Generating Vortexes Inside Nanoliter Droplets for Effective Mixing

Wen Han Chong
, Yi Huang
, Teck Neng Wong^*
, Kim Tiow Ooi
, Gui Ping Zhu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Nanyang Technological University
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Abstract

Magnetic nanorobots are used as nanometer-size stir bars for rapid stirring inside ultrasmall volumes of fluids. Because of their small size and rapid stirring, they can generate many vortexes inside confined small droplets. It is shown that these vortexes can vigorously churn up large microparticles without destabilizing or moving the droplets. The vortex formation can be easily controlled by tuning the stirring rate of nano stir bars using a simple magnetic stirrer.

Original language	English
Article number	1700312
Journal	Advanced Materials Technologies
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201700312
State	Published - Apr 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

droplet microfluidics
droplet microreactors
magnetic nanorobots
nano stir bars
rapid mixing

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