Den Toonder J.M.J., Onck P.R. (Eds.) Artificial Cilia

The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2013. — 278 p. — (RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology No.30) — ISBN: 9781849735971The idea for this book was born in December 2010 during the 2 nd European Conference on Microfluidics (mFlu’10). During that conference we organized a special session on cilia-driven flow, with beautiful contributions by many groups showing a variety of approaches to flow generation inspired by biological cilia. It became clear to us that this exciting field would deserve to be brought to the attention of a wider audience because of its direct relevance for practical applications in micro-fluidics and lab-on-a-chip devices, because of its inherent multi-disciplinary nature (combining fields such as fluid mechanics, materials science, biology, numerical modelling and experimental fluid characterization), but also simply because this field exemplifies how biology can inspire scientific and technological developments.
Most of the presenters in that special session have contributed to this book, and we believe it gives a good overview of the status of the field of artificial cilia, ranging from design and actuation approaches, fabrication methods, characterization and modelling, to micro-fluidics applications.Theoretical and Numerical Descriptions of Artificial Cilia
Numerical Model for Artificial Cilia
Computational Design of Magnetic Artificial Cilia
Modeling the Interaction of Active Cilia with Species in Solution: From Chemical Reagents to Microscopic Particles
Experimental Approaches to Create Artificial Cilia
Electrostatic Artificial Cilia
Ferromagnetic Cilia
Light-actuated Artificial Cilia Based on Liquid Crystal Networks
Hydrogel-Actuated Integrated Responsive Systems (HAIRS): Creating Cilia-like ‘Hairy’ Surfaces
Microwalkers
Artificial Flagellar Micro-swimmers
The Potential of Artificial Cilia: Experimental Evidence
Fluid Manipulation by Artificial Cilia
Measurement of Fluid Flow Generated by Artificial Cilia