Citation:
Restrepo-Pérez, L., Soler, Ll., Martínez-Cisneros, C.S., Sánchez, S., G. Schmidt, Oliver. (2014).Trapping selfpropelled micromotors with microfabricated chevron and heart-shaped chips. Lab on a Chip, 14(9), pp. 1515-1518.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from
S.S. and L.S. thank DFG (grant SA 2525/1-1)
for financial support. European Community's Seventh Framework Program European Commission
We demonstrate that catalytic micromotors can be trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped structures. Despite the challenge presented by the reduced size of the traps, microfluidic chips with different trapping geometries can be fabricWe demonstrate that catalytic micromotors can be trapped in microfluidic chips containing chevron and heart-shaped structures. Despite the challenge presented by the reduced size of the traps, microfluidic chips with different trapping geometries can be fabricated via replica moulding. We prove that these microfluidic chips can capture micromotors without the need for any external mechanism to control their motion.[+][-]