Ciliated micropillars for the microfluidic-based isolation of nanoscale lipid vesicles.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Lab on a chip
دوره 13 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013