Optimization of Liquid dielectrophoresis (LDEP) Digital Microfluidic Transduction for Biomedical Applications

Micromachines

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 258-273

  Renaudot, Raphaël ^a   Agache, Vincent ^a   Daunay, Bruno ^b   Lambert, Pierre ^b   Kumemura, Momoko ^b   Fouillet, Yves ^a   Collard, Dominique ^b   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric high k material; Electromechanical force; Liquid dielectrophoresis; Open microfluidic and parallel plate microfluidic

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION VOLTAGES; BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DROPLET ACTUATIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL FORCES; ELECTROMECHANICAL MODELS; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH-K MATERIALS; INSULATING LIQUIDS; INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEMS; KEY RULES; LIQUID DIELECTROPHORESIS; LIQUID MANIPULATIONS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MECHANICAL COMPONENTS; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; PARALLEL PLATES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROSYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84055203196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi2020258     Document Type: Article

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