Photoresponsive hydrogel microvalve activated by bacteriorhodopsin proton pumps

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7646, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Al Aribe, Khaled ^a   Knopf, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; microactuation; microfluidics; pH sensitive hydrogels; proton pump

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN (BR); BR FILM; DESIGN ISSUES; EXPANSION AND SHRINKAGE; EXTRACELLULAR; FUNCTIONALIZED; GEOMETRIC CHANGES; HYBRID HYDROGELS; HYDROGEL ACTUATORS; HYDROGEN IONS; ION CHANNEL; IONIC SOLUTIONS; LIGHT DRIVEN; MICRO VALVES; MICROACTUATION; NEUTRAL STATE; PH SENSITIVE; PH VALUE; PH-SENSITIVE HYDROGEL; PHASE TRANSITION POINT; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRIC FILMS; PHOTORESPONSIVE; POLYMERIC NETWORKS; PROTON PUMP; PURPLE MEMBRANES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; TRANSMEMBRANES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ACTUATORS; BIOSENSORS; GELS; IONS; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MONOLAYERS; NANOSENSORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PROTONS; PUMPS; SWELLING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

HYDROGELS;

EID: 77953391126     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.848769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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