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- Title
Dispensing nano–pico droplets and liquid patterning by pyroelectrodynamic shooting.
- Authors
Ferraro, P.; Coppola, S.; Grilli, S.; Paturzo, M.; Vespini, V.
- Abstract
Manipulating and dispensing liquids on the micrometre- and nanoscale is important in biotechnology and combinatorial chemistry, and also for patterning inorganic, organic and biological inks. Several methods for dispensing liquids exist, but many require complicated electrodes and high-voltage circuits. Here, we show a simple way to draw attolitre liquid droplets from one or multiple sessile drops or liquid film reservoirs using a pyroelectrohydrodynamic dispenser. Local pyroelectric forces, which are activated by scanning a hot tip or an infrared laser beam over a lithium niobate substrate, draw liquid droplets from the reservoir below the substrate, and deposit them on the underside of the lithium niobate substrate. The shooting direction is altered by moving the hot tip or laser to form various patterns at different angles and locations. Our system does not require electrodes, nozzles or circuits, and is expected to have many applications in biochemical assays and various transport and mixing processes.
- Subjects
NANOCOMPOSITE materials; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC circuits; COMBINATORIAL chemistry; BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Nature Nanotechnology, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 6, p429
- ISSN
1748-3387
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nnano.2010.82