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A micropipette system based on low driving voltage carbon nanotube actuator

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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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  1. Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2217-14, Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, 761-0395, Japan

    Kenji Goya, Yusuke Fuchiwaki, Masato Tanaka & Toshihiko Ooie

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Nobelstr. 12, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Raphael Addinall

  3. Inorganic Functional Material Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-8-31, Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan

    Takushi Sugino & Kinji Asaka

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Goya, K., Fuchiwaki, Y., Tanaka, M. et al. A micropipette system based on low driving voltage carbon nanotube actuator. Microsyst Technol 23, 2657–2661 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-016-2943-y

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