| 초록 |
Increased fossil fuel usage has caused increased level of CO2, global warming, and climate change. In terms of CCUS technologies, microalgae have been an important role in a biological conversion of CO2. Microalgae have many advantages such as high photosynthetic efficiency and growth rate compared to another source of biomass. Microdroplet in microfluidics utilizing two immiscible aqueous and oil phases has been considered as an optimized analysis platform for analysis of cell kinetics. The microdroplets can be used as a photobioreactor so it is possible to analyze the growth kinetics of cells in single cell level. Thus, we could analyze the characteristics of microalgae efficiently. We encapsulated microalgal cells into the microdroplets and reinjected the microdroplets into another microfluidic chamber containing micropillar arrays. Finally, we could analyze the photoautotrophic growth of microalgal cells under various conditions such as CO2 concentrations and light intensities. |
