Ciliated micropillars for the microfluidic-based isolation of nanoscale lipid vesicles

Zongxing Wang, Hung Jen Wu, Daniel Fine, Jeffrey Schmulen, Ye Hu, Biana Godin, John X.J. Zhang, Xuewu Liu

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Abstract

We fabricated a microfluidic device consisting of ciliated micropillars, forming a porous silicon nanowire-on-micropillar structure. We demonstrated that the prototype device can preferentially trap exosome-like lipid vesicles, while simultaneously filtering out proteins and cell debris. Trapped lipid vesicles can be recovered intact by dissolving the porous nanowires in PBS buffer.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2879-2882
Number of pages4
JournalLab on a Chip
Volume13
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 7 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Biomedical Engineering

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