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Nanoscale

Vortex fluidic entrapment of functional microalgal cells in a magnetic polymer matrix†

Ela Eroglu,ab   Nicholas J. D'Alonzo,a   Steven M. Smithb  and  Colin L. Raston*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
E-mail: colin.raston@uwa.edu.au
Fax: +61 8 6488 8683
Tel: +61 8 6488 3045

b ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, M313, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia

c School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia
E-mail: colin.raston@flinders.edu.au

Abstract

Composite materials based on superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles embedded in polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) are generated in a continuous flow vortex fluidic device (VFD). The same device is effective in entrapping microalgal cells within this material, such that the functional cells can be retrieved from aqueous dispersions using an external magnet.

Graphical abstract: Vortex fluidic entrapment of functional microalgal cells in a magnetic polymer matrix

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR33813D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Nov 2012
Accepted
02 Feb 2013
First published
06 Feb 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 2627-2631

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Vortex fluidic entrapment of functional microalgal cells in a magnetic polymer matrix

E. Eroglu, N. J. D'Alonzo, S. M. Smith and C. L. Raston, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 2627 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR33813D

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