본 연구는 주사기 바늘 기반의 미세유체 장치에서 균일한 polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) 입자를 제조하는 새로운 방법을 소개한다. 미세유체 장치는 다양한 규격의 기성품들을 별도의 장비없이 조립하여 제작된다. 이 미세유체 장치에서 광개시제를 포함한 PEGDA 분산상과 오일의 연속상의 부피유속을 제어하여 단분산성 PEGDA 액적을 형성한다. PEGDA 액적은 장치의 말단에서 자외선 조사에 의해 입자로 중합된다. 입자의 크기는 부피유속과 미세유체 장치의 규격을 조절하여 손쉽게 제어되며 입자의 단분산도는 변동계수(coefficient of variation)값이 2.57%로 계산된다. PEGDA입자의 생물학적 응용을 증명하기 위해서 세포를 함입시키고 증식과 생존을 관찰한다.

This study presents a novel method for preparing monodisperse polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) microparticles in a dispensing needle based microfluidic device. The microfluidic devices are manufactured by manually assembling various off-the-shelf products without using additional equipment. In this microfluidic device, the volumetric flow rates of the dispersed phase of PEGDA solution and the continuous phase of oil are controlled to generate monodisperse PEGDA droplets. The PEGDA droplet contains photo-initiator thus it is crosslinked to microparticle by photopolymerization at the ends of the device. The particle size is easily controlled by adjusting the volume flow rate and the size of the microfluidic device. The monodispersity of the particles is calculated by a coefficient of variation of 2.57%. To demonstrate the biological applications of PEGDA particles, cells are encapsulated and observed for proliferation and viability.

PEGDA Microparticle Microfluidics Dispensing needle Monodisperse

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