Blood plasma separation and extraction from a minute amount of blood using dielectrophoretic and capillary forces

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 561-569

  Nakashima, Yuta ^a   Hata, Sakiko ^a   Yasuda, Takashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood plasma extraction; Blood separation; Capillary force; Dielectrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD PLASMA; BLOOD PLASMA EXTRACTION; BLOOD SAMPLES; BLOOD SEPARATION; BLOOD-PLASMA SEPARATION; CAPILLARY FORCE; CENTRIFUGAL MACHINE; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; DIELECTROPHORESIS; DIELECTROPHORETIC; MECHANICAL DRIVING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROLITERS; SIDE-CHANNEL; SYRINGE PUMPS;

CELLS; CENTRIFUGATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLASMAS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; WATER INJECTION;

BLOOD;

EID: 77049126628     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.11.070     Document Type: Article

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