Magnetic Nanorobots, Generating Vortexes Inside Nanoliter Droplets for Effective Mixing
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Abstract
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.
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OpenAlex topics: Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation · Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics · Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
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School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Nanyang Technological University 50 Nanyang Ave Singapore 639798 Singapore
College of Astronautics Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 29 Yu Dao Rd Qin Huai, Nanjing City Jiangsu 210016 China
Funding
Ministry of Education - Singapore
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