Micro- and Nanomanipulation Tools

PART I: On-Chip and Device-Based Micro-Nanomanipulation

High-Speed Microfluidic Manipulation of Cells for Biophysical Measurements
Surface Force-Driven Large-Scale Assembly of Micro Parts
Manipulation of Micro-Nano Objects Using Acoustic Field
Large-Scale Cell Manipulation Using Dielectrophoretic Fields
Dielectrophoretic Carbon Nanotubes
Digital Microfluidics for Manipulating Objects Inside Micro Droplets
Nano-Optical DNA
Fluidic Alignment of Cnts
Optical Manipulation of Cells and Molecules
On-Chip Magnetic Cell Manipulators
MEMS Microgrippers
Untethered Microgrippers
Self-Sensing MEMS-Based AFM Imaging and Manipulation

PART II: Robotic Tools for Micro-Nanomanipulation

Untethered Magnetic Micromanipulators
Untethered Artificial Flagella Control
Magnetic Bacteria Used as Micromanipulators
Piezoelectric Actuators for Micro-Nanomanipulation
Robotic Manipulation of Cells and Small Organisms
MEMS-Based Force Feedback for Micromanipulation
Robotic Optical Tweezers for Micromanipulation
Nanomanipulation Using AFM
Nanomanipulation Using AFM
Nanomanipulation of Nano Coils Under SEM
Nanomanipulation Under SEM
Manipulating Biomaterials Under FSEM

Yu Sun is professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto (Canada), with joint appointments in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. After obtaining his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Yu Sun stayed for a postdoctoral research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich). Currently, he is a McLean Senior Faculty Fellow at the University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair in Micro and Nano Engineering Systems.

Xinyu Liu is assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the McGill University in Montreal (Canada). After obtaining his PhD from the University of Toronto, he was post-doc at Harvard university before taking his current position at the McGill University. His research interests are robotics, MEMS/NEMS, and applied microfluidics, also referred to as lab-on-a-chip technologies, with a strong focus on bio-oriented applications.

Y. Sun, University of Toronto, Canada; X. Liu, McGill University, Montreal, Canada