This video was made using millions of nanoparticles and microparticles in two tree-like microfluidic devices. A behind-the-scenes video will be made available shortly.
The 200nm yellow green nanoparticles and 2um Red microparticles used were purchased from ThermoFisher (see http://www.thermofisher.com/ for more information).
The microfluidic master moulds were fabricated using a FormLabs Form 2 3D Printer. When cast upon with PDMS, a replica of the microstructures are produced on the PDMS block. The PDMS block is punctured to create an inlet and bonded to a glass slide. The microfluidic channels were filled with particles for this holiday video (see https://goo.gl/bzbROO for more information).
Special thanks to Andy Collins, Adam Perriman, Department of Engineering Mathematics, BrisSynBio, Wolfson Bioimaging Facility and the School of Physics at the University of Bristol and the Bristol Robotics Lab.
The video was created, filmed and edited by Matthew Hockley, a PhD student from Sabine Hauert’s group.
