Ye Wang, Yang Gao, Hans Wyss, Patrick Anderson and Jaap den Toonder
Lab Chip, 2013,13, 3360-3366
DOI:
10.1039/C3LC50458A,
Paper
Micro-sized hair-like structures, such as cilia, are abundant in nature and have various functionalities. Many efforts have been made to mimic the fluid pumping function of cilia, but most of the fabrication processes for these “artificial cilia” are tedious and expensive, hindering their practical application. In this paper a cost-effective in situ fabrication technique for artificial cilia is demonstrated. The cilia are constructed by