We present a technology that uses capillarity-assisted assembly in a microfluidic platform to pattern micro-sized objects suspended in a liquid, such as bacteria and colloids, into prescribed arrays on a polydimethylsiloxane substrate.
Pioli, R., Stocker, R., Isa, L., Secchi, E. Patterning of Microorganisms and Microparticles through Sequential Capillarity-assisted Assembly. J. Vis. Exp. (177), e63131, doi:10.3791/63131 (2021).