Year: 2013
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to use a microfluidic platform for fabricating biocompatible materials. One of the applications of this material is to be used as anode in a microbial fuel cell. In this process, the fibers are fabricated by utilizing a microchannel with three inlets, two sheath flows as well as a core flow. The core flow which is composed of gelatin is hydrodynamically focused by ethanol as the sheath flow. The microfibers created by this technique have various cross sections and will be used a structured porous scaffold. The porosity and biocompatibility of the structure make it an ideal choice for being used as a scaffold for bacterial attachment and biofilm formation. This will consequently results in developing a microbial fuel cell with a higher power density.
Institutions: Sharif University of Technology, Iowa State University
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Iowa State University
OpenAlex ID: W322947656