| 초록 |
Over-exploitation of fossil fuel has caused increased levels of CO2, global warming, and climate change. In terms of CCUS, microalgae play an important role in biological conversion of CO2. Microalgae have many advantages over other sources of biomass such as high photosynthetic efficiency and growth rate. Microdroplet in microfluidics utilizes two immiscible aqueous and oil phases and is considered as an optimized analytical platform, especially for single–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. |
