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04-05-2016 | Technical Paper

A micropipette system based on low driving voltage carbon nanotube actuator

Authors: Kenji Goya, Yusuke Fuchiwaki, Masato Tanaka, Raphael Addinall, Toshihiko Ooie, Takushi Sugino, Kinji Asaka

Published in: Microsystem Technologies | Issue 7/2017

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We have fabricated a pipette system driven by a carbon nanotube (CNT) electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator, equipped with commercially available two- and three-way solenoid valves and experimentally estimate the suction/discharge/dropping performance for pure liquid water. The droplets were reproducibly dispensed with an RSD % of less than 2 % in their volume. The pipetting precision is within the maximum permissible error defined by the ISO 8655 standard. This work shows an example of one of the practical uses of CNT-based actuators.

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Title: A micropipette system based on low driving voltage carbon nanotube actuator
Authors: Kenji Goya
Yusuke Fuchiwaki
Masato Tanaka
Raphael Addinall
Toshihiko Ooie
Takushi Sugino
Kinji Asaka
Publication date: 04-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Microsystem Technologies / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0946-7076
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1858
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-016-2943-y

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