*** Enhancement of microalgae growth using magnetic artificial cilia *** 
Authors: Verburg, T. H. C. M., Schaap, A. M., Zhang, S., den Toonder, J. M. J., & Wang, Y.
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology

Corresponding author: Y. Wang 

Contact Information: 

y.wang2@tue.nl

Eindhoven University of Technology  Department of Mechanical Engineering 
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
The Netherlands

***General Introduction***
Experiments were conducted at Eindhoven University of Technology, as reported in the journal article: doi: 10.1002/bit.27756

The experiments were carried out in the Microfab/lab of Eindhoven University of Technology  Department of Mechanical Engineering, in 2020/2021.
This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant Bio-Plan project under grant agreement no. 833214.

***Purpose of the test campaign***
In this study, we fabricated magnetic artificial cilia (MAC) and implemented them in millimeter scale culture wells and conducted growth experiments with Scenedesmus subspicatus while actuating the MAC in a rotating magnetic field to create flow and mixing. In addition, surface of MAC was made hydrophilic using plasma treatment and its effect on growth was compared with untreated, hydrophobic MAC. The experiments showed that the growth was enhanced by ten and two times with hydrophobic and hydrophilic MAC, respectively, compared with control groups which contain no MAC. The data are experimentally obtained with methods described in the publication. 


***Description of the data in this data set***
The data set is provided in .csv format. Each file contains the data presented in a specific figure in the publication. Each filename corresponds with the figure of which it contains the data.