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Auto-assembly for engineering using biological recognition - a pilot project

Reference	E06058
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Adrian Bowyer
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Robert Eisenthal, Dr John Hubble, Dr W Whish
Institution	University of Bath
Department	Mechanical Engineering
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	37,770
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/10/1996
End date	01/10/1997
Duration	12 months

Abstract

This is a one-year pilot project to test the feasibility of making very simple microscopic plastic products that assemble themselves. The raw materials will be the tiny plastic beads that are currently used for cell separation and in recombinant DNA work. These will have partial surface coatings of antibodies or lectins and of complementary antigens, haptens, or ligands which will cause them to stick together to make the shapes required.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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