Fluidic assembly using tunable suspension flow
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1. A fluidic assembly system, the system comprising:
- a fluidic flow chamber formed over a substrate including a plurality of wells on at least a top surface of the substrate, wherein the fluidic flow chamber includes a top plate and side walls, and wherein at least the top surface of the substrate is in contact with a suspension within the fluidic flow chamber; and
a flow oscillator operable to selectably move the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber over the top surface of the substrate in at least a first direction and a second direction, wherein the suspension includes a plurality of micro-components and a carrier liquid.
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Abstract
Embodiments are related to systems and methods for fluidic assembly, and more particularly to systems and methods for increasing the efficiency of fluidic assembly.
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1. A fluidic assembly system, the system comprising:
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a fluidic flow chamber formed over a substrate including a plurality of wells on at least a top surface of the substrate, wherein the fluidic flow chamber includes a top plate and side walls, and wherein at least the top surface of the substrate is in contact with a suspension within the fluidic flow chamber; and a flow oscillator operable to selectably move the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber over the top surface of the substrate in at least a first direction and a second direction, wherein the suspension includes a plurality of micro-components and a carrier liquid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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17. A fluidic assembly system, the system comprising:
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a fluidic flow chamber formed by a substrate, a top plate, and side walls, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of wells extending below a top surface of the substrate; and a flow oscillator fluidically coupled to the fluidic flow chamber and configured to;
pump a suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in a first direction at a first selectable magnitude of fluidic flow toward the flow oscillator, and pump the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber in a second direction at a second magnitude of fluidic flow away from the flow oscillator, wherein the suspension includes a plurality of micro-components and a carrier liquid.a suspension reservoir fluidically coupled to the fluidic flow chamber and configured to hold a portion of the suspension outside of the fluidic flow chamber; a vision system configured to capture images of the location of micro-components relative to the plurality of wells through the top plate; and an automated oscillation controller configured to; receive the images from the vision system; select one of the first direction and the second direction as a selected direction of flow of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber based at least in part on the images; select a magnitude of fluidic flow within the fluidic flow chamber as a selected magnitude of fluidic flow based at least in part on the images; and command the flow oscillator to produce the selected direction and the selected magnitude of fluidic flow of the suspension within the fluidic flow chamber. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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