DC dielectrophoretic focusing of particles in a serpentine microchannel

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 751-756

  Zhu, Junjie ^a   Tzeng, Tzuen Rong J ^b   Hu, Guoqing ^c   Xuan, Xiangchun ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

DC dielectrophoresis; Electrokinetic flow; Particle focusing; Serpentine microchannel

Indexed keywords

DIELECTROPHORESIS; DIELECTROPHORETIC; ELECTROKINETIC FLOWS; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARTICLE FOCUSING; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PROOF OF CONCEPT;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FOCUSING; HYDRAULICS; MICROCHANNELS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

SCREENING;

EID: 71249129880     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0432-7     Document Type: Article

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