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Nassim Rousset1, Martina de Geus1, Vittoria Chimisso2
1Bio Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Basel, CH, Switzerland. nassim.rousset@bsse.ethz.ch.
Lab on a chip
|October 19, 2023
概括
研究人员优化了一个悬挂式滴水系统,以控制微流体装置中的细胞流量. 他们发现,降落高度精确地决定了细胞是否流动或停滞,从而使身体在芯片上的应用程序能够控制细胞停留时间.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 微流体学 微流体学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 将流动细胞集成到微生理系统中对于身体在芯片上的应用至关重要.
- 控制微流体器件中的细胞循环,由于边界条件和层状流动,存在重大挑战.
- 开放的微流体设备,如悬浮网络 (HDN),为可调节的细胞流动动力学提供了潜力.
研究的目的:
- 为了优化一个挂滴集成的气动系统,用于封闭循环的粒子 (珠子或细胞) 的循环循环.
- 为了研究和克服在HDN中观察到的空气-液体界面 (ALI) 的粒子停滞.
- 为了建立精确的控制细胞流和停滞的先进的身体在芯片模型.
主要方法:
- 开发和优化一个挂式-落式集成式气动系统.
- 使用传输电子显微镜和动态光散射对空气液体界面的描述.
- 模拟有限元方法以分析粒子力和优化HDN设计参数 (下降孔径,下降高度).
主要成果:
- 在ALI的粒子停滞被确定为由中间组件聚合引起的伪无滑边界条件.
- 创建了一个相位图,根据高度网络的设计和运行,划出粒子流与停滞的条件.
- 实验验证证证实,落高度控制粒子行为: >300μm导致停滞,<300μm允许流动.
结论:
- 该研究成功地优化了HDN以控制粒子循环,克服了ALI诱导的停滞.
- 通过启动悬挂下降高度,可以精确控制细胞流量和停滞.
- 这项技术为控制微生理系统中3D器官模型周围单细胞居住时间提供了基础.
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