Improved concentration and separation of particles in a 3D dielectrophoretic chip integrating focusing, aligning and trapping

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 527-539

  Li, Ming ^a   Li, Shunbo ^b   Cao, Wenbin ^b   Li, Weihua ^a   Wen, Weijia ^b   Alici, Gursel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3D electrodes; Dielectrophoresis; Microfluidics; Particle concentration; Particle separation

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; YEAST;

3-D ELECTRODES; DIELECTROPHORETIC CHIP; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; PARALLEL ELECTRODE ARRAY; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SCREENING;

EID: 84878557501     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1071-y     Document Type: Article

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