Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 05, 2019 - June 08, 2019
Recently, various cell size separation methods are proposed by using microfluidic chips. In this study, we propose cell size separation method based on vibration-induced flow. Vibration-induced flow is induced around microstructure when vibration is applied to a microfluidic chip with microstructure patterns. In addition to that, this flow can be induced on an open chip structure. Thus, we can manipulate cells without pump and tube. We succeeded in various cell manipulation by using vibration-induced flow, for example, 3D cell rotation, trapping motile cells etc. In this paper, we show cell size separation method as an application of manipulation using vibration-induced flow.
