A microfluidic system combining acoustic and dielectrophoretic particle preconcentration and focusing

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 645-652

  Ravula, Surendra K ^a   Branch, Darren W ^a   James, Conrad D ^a   Townsend, Rosemary J ^b   Hill, Martyn ^b   Kaduchak, Gregory ^c   Ward, Mike ^c   Brener, Igal ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Dielectrophoresis; Microfluidics; Particle focusing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROPHORESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

MICROFABRICATED SYSTEMS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS; PARTICLE FOCUSING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 40949137879     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.10.024     Document Type: Article

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