A Compact Manually Actuated Micromanipulator
Abstract
This letter reports a compact, versatile, and user-friendly micromanipulator that uses an elastically deformable silicon microtweezer to grab microentities, and a micrometer head for rotational manual actuation. The micro-/macroconnection is achieved via a graphite interface that results in a compact and portable design and placement on most translation stages. The system which can operate in both air and liquid, and transport objects between the two media, has a wide range of applications. We demonstrate but a few of them, including in situ construction of microstructures in 3-D, isolation and placement of individual microparticles on designated spots on sensors, on-demand microcontact printing of microparticles, and manipulation of live stem cell spheres. [2011-0237]
Keywords
Microgripper; micromanipulator; microstamping; microtweezer; MANIPULATION; MICROGRIPPER
DOI
10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431
Citation
A Compact Manually Actuated Micromanipulator Bin-Da Chan; Farrukh Mateen; Chun-Li Chang; Kutay Icoz; Cagri A. Savran Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 1 Pages: 7 - 9, DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431
Date of this Version
2-2012
Recommended Citation
Chan, Bin-Da; Mateen, Farrukh; Chang, Chun-Li; Icoz, Kutay; and Savran, Cagri A., "A Compact Manually Actuated Micromanipulator" (2012). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 1256.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JMEMS.2011.2174431