Optically controlled three-dimensional assembly of microfabricated building blocks

Peter John Rodrigo; Lóránd Kelemen; Darwin Palima; Pál Ormos; Jesper Glückstad

doi:10.1117/12.831758

9 July 2009 Optically controlled three-dimensional assembly of microfabricated building blocks

Peter John Rodrigo, Lóránd Kelemen, Darwin Palima, Pál Ormos, Jesper Glückstad

Proceedings Volume 7371, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications IV; 737114 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831758
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2009, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We demonstrate a system for constructing reconfigurable microstructures using multiple, real-time configurable counterpropagating-beam traps. We optically assemble geometrically complementary microstructures with complex three-dimensional (3D) topologies produced by two-photon polymerization. This demonstrates utilization of controllable 3D optical traps for building hierarchical structures from microfabricated building blocks. Optical microassembly with translational and tip-tilt control in 3D achieved by dynamic multiple CB traps can potentially facilitate the construction of functional microdevices and may also lead to the future realization of optically actuated micromachines. Fabricating morphologically complex microstructures and then optically manipulating these archetypal building blocks can also be used to construct reconfigurable microenvironments that can aid in understanding cellular development processes.

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Peter John Rodrigo, Lóránd Kelemen, Darwin Palima, Pál Ormos, and Jesper Glückstad "Optically controlled three-dimensional assembly of microfabricated building blocks", Proc. SPIE 7371, Novel Optical Instrumentation for Biomedical Applications IV, 737114 (9 July 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831758

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