Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport

Willie Wu; Christopher J. Hansen; Alejandro M. Aragón; Philippe H. Geubelle; Scott R. White; Jennifer A. Lewis

doi:10.1039/B918436H

Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport

Willie Wu,^a^b Christopher J. Hansen,^a^b Alejandro M. Aragón,^b^c Philippe H. Geubelle,^b^d Scott R. White^b^d and Jennifer A. Lewis*^a^b

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^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA
E-mail: jalewis@illinois.edu

^b Autonomic Materials Systems Group, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

^c Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

^d Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

Abstract

Biomimetic microvascular networks with complex architectures are embedded in epoxy matrices using direct-write assembly. Fluid transport in multi-generation bifurcating channels is systematically investigated and maximum flow efficiency is found to occur when Murray's law is obeyed.

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The article was received on 07 Sep 2009, accepted on 20 Nov 2009 and first published on 16 Dec 2009

Article type: Communication

DOI: 10.1039/B918436H

Citation: Soft Matter, 2010,6, 739-742

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Direct-write assembly of biomimetic microvascular networks for efficient fluid transport

W. Wu, C. J. Hansen, A. M. Aragón, P. H. Geubelle, S. R. White and J. A. Lewis, Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 739
DOI: 10.1039/B918436H
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