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A platform for the formation of uniform DNA condensate droplets using vibration-induced local vortices Open

Zhitai Huang, Kanji Kaneko, Ryotaro Yoneyama, Tomoya Maruyama, Takeshi Hayakawa , et al. · 2025

DNA condensate droplets (hereafter referred to as DNA condensates), which arise from specific interactions between sticky ends embedded in multi-arm DNA nanostructures, hold significant promise as programmable smart materials. However, fro…

A platform for the formation of uniform DNA condensate droplets using vibration-induced local vortices Open

Kanji Kaneko, Ryotaro Yoneyama, Tomoya Maruyama, Takeshi Hayakawa, Masahiro Takinoue , et al. · 2025

DNA condensate droplets (hereafter referred to as DNA condensates), which arise from specific interactions between sticky ends embedded in multi-arm DNA nanostructures, hold significant promise as programmable smart materials. However,...

Numerical investigation of induction of chaotic micromixing via vibration switching Open

Kanji Kaneko, Yosuke Hasegawa, Takeshi Hayakawa, Hiroaki Suzuki · 2024

Enhanced mixing in microfluidic systems is necessary in many applications such as chemical processing, biological assays, and diagnosis. We are developing a microfluidic system to efficiently mix minute reagents (down to several microliter…

Aerosol jet printing of surface acoustic wave microfluidic devices Open

Joseph Rich, Brian J. Cole, Teng Li, Brandon Lu, Hanyu Fu , et al. · 2024

Vibration Induced Flow Facilitating Immunoagglutination for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Nanoparticles Open

Kanji Kaneko, Mamiko Tsugane, Taku Sato, Takeshi Hayakawa, Yosuke Hasegawa , et al. · 2024

Pneumatic Microballoons for Active Control of the Vibration-Induced Flow Open

Taku Sato, Kanji Kaneko, Takeshi Hayakawa, Hiroaki Suzuki · 2023

Vibration-induced flow (VIF), in which a mean flow is induced around a microstructure by applying periodic vibrations, is increasingly used as an active flow-control technique at the microscale. In this study, we have developed a microdevi…

Vibration Induced Flow Facilitating Immunoagglutination for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Nanoparticles Open

Kanji Kaneko, Mamiko Tsugane, Taku Sato, Takeshi Hayakawa, Yosuke Hasegawa , et al. · 2023

The detection of bioactive nanoparticles (NPs) plays an important role in the medical and diagnostic fields. Conventional techniques for the sensitive detection of target NPs must overcome challenges such as long processing time, complex s…

Vibration Induced Flow Facilitating Affinity-Based Aggregation for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Nanoparticles Open

Kanji Kaneko, Mamiko Tsugane, Taku Sato, Takeshi Hayakawa, Yosuke Hasegawa , et al. · 2023

The detection of bioactive nanoparticles (NPs) plays an important role in the medical and diagnostic fields. Conventional techniques for the sensitive detection of target NPs must overcome challenges such as long processing time, complex s…

Investigation of the vibration-induced local flow around a micro-pillar under various vibration conditions Open

Kanji Kaneko, Zhitai Huang, Taku Sato, Naoto UJIKAWA, Takeshi Hayakawa , et al. · 2022

The vibration-induced flow (VIF), in which a mean flow is induced by the interaction between the system vibration and micro-structures, has been studied as a fluid/particle micro-manipulation method that does not require an external pump. …

Numerical and Experimental Analyses of Three-Dimensional Unsteady Flow around a Micro-Pillar Subjected to Rotational Vibration Open

Kanji Kaneko, Takayuki Osawa, Yukinori Kametani, Takeshi Hayakawa, Yosuke Hasegawa , et al. · 2018

The steady streaming (SS) phenomenon is gaining increased attention in the microfluidics community, because it can generate net mass flow from zero-mean vibration. We developed numerical simulation and experimental measurement tools to ana…

Numerical and Experimental Analyses of Three-Dimensional Unsteady Flow Around a Micro-Pillar Subjected to Rotational Vibration Open

Kanji Kaneko, Takayuki Osawa, Yukinori Kametani, Takeshi Hayakawa, Yosuke Hasegawa , et al. · 2018

The steady streaming (SS) phenomenon is gaining increased attention in the microfluidics community, because it can generate net mass flow from the zero-mean vibration. We developed numerical simulation and experimental measurement tools to…

DEVELOPMENT OF A PUMPLESS MIXER FOR EFFICIENT STIRRING OF MINUTE LIQUIDS Open

Kanji Kaneko, Tomoko OSAWA, T. Okano, Yosuke Hasegawa, Hiroaki Suzuki · 2018

We demonstrated the applicability of the vibration-induced flow, in which a mean flow is induced around a micro-pillar by applying small circulating vibration, for better mixing of a minute liquid sample. The mixing performance is evaluate…

A PUMPLESS MIXER UTILIZING THE VIBRATION-INDUCED FLOW AROUND MICROSTRUCTURES Open

Kanji Kaneko, Tomoko OSAWA, Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Hiroaki Suzuki · 2017

Mixing of minute reagents is one of the common operational elements in integrated microfluidic devices. Although a variety of mixer units have been developed, most of them are designed to use external pumps. In this study, we designed a pu…

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