Supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1810014, this project is designed to to develop a biological based micro dynamo by integrating live bacterial flagellar motors with ferromagnetic beads in a microfluidic system.

Manipulation of a 10 micrometer polystyrene bead by a light ring using ODEP

Manipulation of multiple polystyrene beads by a moving light grid using ODEP

Manipulation of live cells by a moving light spot using ODEP