Optically controlled three-dimensional assembly of microfabricated building blocks
Publication: Research - peer-review › Article in proceedings – Annual report year: 2009
We demonstrate a system for constructing reconfigurable microstructures using multiple, real-time configurable counterpropagating-beam traps. We optically assemble geometrically complementary microstructures with complex three-dimensional (3D) topologies produced by two-photon polymerization. This demonstrates utilization of controllable 3D optical traps for building hierarchical structures from microfabricated building blocks. Optical microassembly with translational and tip-tilt control in 3D achieved by dynamic multiple CB traps can potentially facilitate the construction of functional microdevices and may also lead to the future realization of optically actuated micromachines. Fabricating morphologically complex microstructures and then optically manipulating these archetypal building blocks can also be used to construct reconfigurable microenvironments that can aid in understanding cellular development processes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title | Proceedings of SPIE : Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications IV |
| Volume | 7371 |
| Publisher | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
| Publication date | 2009 |
| State | Published |
Conference
| Conference | Spie : Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications IV |
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| City | Munich, Germany |
| Period | 01-01-09 → … |
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