Sorting Gold and Sand (Silica) Using Atomic Force Microscope-Based Dielectrophoresis.

ABSTRACT: Additive manufacturing-also known as 3D printing-has attracted much attention in recent years as a powerful method for the simple and versatile fabrication of complicated three-dimensional structures. However, the current technology still exhibits a limitation in realizing the selective deposition and sorting of various materials contained in the same reservoir, which can contribute significantly to additive printing or manufacturing by enabling simultaneous sorting and deposition of different substances through a single nozzle. Here, we propose a dielectrophoresis (DEP)-based material-selective deposition and sorting technique using a pipette-based quartz tuning fork (QTF)-atomic force microscope (AFM) platform DEPQA and demonstrate multi-material sorting through a single nozzle in ambien

SUBMITTER: Kim C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643387 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature