(302f) Self-Assembled Radio Frequency (Rf) Shielded Non-Invasively Trackable Micro Containers
AIChE Annual Meeting
2005
2005 Annual Meeting
American Electrophoresis Society Annual Meeting
BioMEMS and Microfluidic Technology for Biomedical and Diagnostic Applications
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 - 9:40am to 9:55am
This paper describes the parallel self-assembly of 200 micron scale perforated, metallic containers, with arbitrarily patterned faces, from 2D photolithographically patterned precursors. After self-assembly, the containers were filled with hydrogels, biological constituents or spherical beads that could be released by dissolution or agitation. The containers can be tracked in capillaries and microfluidic channels as a result of an RF shielding effect, providing a characteristic hypointensity within the microcontainer.