Magnetic concentration of particles and cells in ferrofluid flow through a straight microchannel using attracting magnets

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Zeng, Jian ^a   Chen, Chen ^a   Vedantam, Pallavi ^b   Tzeng, Tzuen Rong ^b   Xuan, Xiangchun ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrofluid; Lab on a chip; Magnetophoresis; Microfluidics; Particle concentration

Indexed keywords

DIAMAGNETIC PARTICLES; FERROFLUID; MAGNETIC CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; MAGNETOPHORESIS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; STRAIGHT MICROCHANNELS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84881156253     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1126-0     Document Type: Article

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