Continuous-flow ferrohydrodynamic sorting of particles and cells in microfluidic devices

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-654

  Zhu, Taotao ^a   Cheng, Rui ^b   Lee, Sarah A ^b   Rajaraman, Eashwar ^b   Eiteman, Mark A ^b   Querec, Troy D ^c   Unger, Elizabeth R ^c   Mao, Leidong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell sorting; Continuous flow; Ferrofluid; Ferrohydrodynamics; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CELL SORTING; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; FERROFLUID; FERROHYDRODYNAMICS; LABEL FREE; LIVE CELL; MAGNETIC BUOYANCY FORCE; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-PARTICLES; SORTING DEVICE; SPATIAL SEPARATION; UNDER EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMINAR FLOW; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYSTYRENES; YEAST;

SCREENING;

EID: 84871792448     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1004-9     Document Type: Article

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