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Independent Optical Control of Microfluidic Valves Formed from Optomechanically Responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogels
S R Sershen1, G A Mensing2, M Ng1
1Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|August 20, 2021
Abstract:
Independent optical control of microfluidic valves formed from optomechanically responsive nanocomposite hydrogels is achieved using strongly absorbing Au nanoparticles or nanoshells embedded within a thermally responsive polymer. Valves formed from composites with different nanoparticles could be independently controlled by changing the illumination wavelength.
