High speed fabrication of soft functional devices with in-flight micro liquid technology

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25286082
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: General applied physics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Sakai Keiji 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 教授 (00215584)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MITANI Syujiro 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 助教 (10334369) ; HIRANO Taichi 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 技術職員 (00401282)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 微小液滴 / インクジェット / ピコリットル液滴 / 人工細胞 / 空中操作 / 表面張力 / ナノレオロジー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to establish a new technique to product micro functional devices using the inkjet technology as well as the non-contact manipulation technique of flying particles. We successfully developed a system to fabricate more than 10,000 particles within a second. We also succeeded in observing the inner structure of the particle. The technique was also applied for the fabrication of the artificial blood cells.

Free Research Field

ナノレオロジー工学