Abstract
This work describes an automated opto-fluidic system for parallel non-contact manipulation of microcomponents. The strong dynamics of laser-driven thermocapillary flows were used to drag microcomponents at high speeds. High-speed flows allowed to manipulate micro-objects in a parallel manner only using a single laser and a mirror scanner. An automated process was implemented using visual servoing with a high-speed camera in order to achieve accurately parallel manipulation. Automated manipulation of two glass beads of 30 up to 300 μ m in diameter moving in parallel at speeds in the range of mm/s was demonstrated.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 055107 |
| Journal | Review of Scientific Instruments |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2014 |
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