Optimization of microfluidic particle sorters based on dielectrophoresis

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 810-815

  Nieuwenhuis, Jeroen H ^a,b   Jachimowicz, Artur ^a,b,d   Svasek, Peter ^a,c,d   Vellekoop, Michiel J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dielectrophoresis; Microfluidics; Particles; Sorter

Indexed keywords

DIELECTROPHORESIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; SORTER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 27744453246     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.844333     Document Type: Article

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