Microbeads are used for biological diagnostics. Microbead arrays are used to trap and observe miccrobeads as fluid containing bio-assays are flushed past the beads.
I started this project with the goal of adapting Dr. Sochol’s Lithography-based microbead arrays to multi-jet modeling. The image above shows the most recent design with three bead traps and a rendering of three beads sitting in the traps.