Conveyor-belt method for assembling microparticles into large-scale structures using electric fields

Authors

Anil Kumar, Levich Institute
Andreas Acrivos, Levich Institute
Boris Khusid, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Conrad D. James, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
David Jacqmin, NASA Glenn Research Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-24-2007

Abstract

The authors propose and experimentally demonstrate a conveyor-belt method appropriate for building large-scale microparticle structures by sequentially energizing electrodes to aggregate the particles into predetermined locations and then to translate them collectively to a work area for final assembly. This approach employs collective phenomena in a negatively polarized suspension exposed to a high-gradient strong ac electric field. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Identifier

34247186449 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Applied Physics Letters

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2721238

ISSN

00036951

Issue

15

Volume

90

Grant

CTS-0307099

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

Recommended Citation

Kumar, Anil; Acrivos, Andreas; Khusid, Boris; James, Conrad D.; and Jacqmin, David, "Conveyor-belt method for assembling microparticles into large-scale structures using electric fields" (2007). Faculty Publications. 13462.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/13462