Rotational separation of non-spherical bioparticles using I-shaped pillar arrays in a microfluidic device

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zeming, Kerwin Kwek ^a   Ranjan, Shashi ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL SEPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERYTHROCYTE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION;

CELL SEPARATION; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84875877843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2653     Document Type: Article

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