The work on this project was of key importance in the development of a system of artificial cilia that allows controlled fluid pumping in microfluidic applications. Despite strong competition in the field we were the first to produce a functioning prototype system of artificial cilia. Such cilia have a high potential for use in lab-on-a-chip applications where they can pump fluid without any external connections. Besides the publication in PNAS, the discovery was also reported in Nature Physics and prestented for a general audience in the daily newspaper Delo.
F.08 Development and manufacture of a prototype
COBISS.SI-ID: 23251239Research funded by this project is strongly connected to teaching activities. The PI is (co-)advisor to two PhD students and the subjects dealt with are, e.g., included in the biophysics course which is starting with this year at the Faculty of Biotechnology. Besides that, the PI was invited as a guest lecturer in a graduate teaching module at the University of Leipzig and as a jury member for a PhD defence at the University of Montpellier (II).
D.10 Educational activities
COBISS.SI-ID: 23527719