A review of microfabrication techniques and dielectrophoretic microdevices for particle manipulation and separation

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Li, M ^a   Li, W H ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Alici, G ^a   Wen, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

dielectrophoresis; micro nano fluidics; microfabrication

Indexed keywords

DIELECTROPHORETIC; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; MICRO/NANO-FLUIDICS; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; MICROFLUIDIC MICROSYSTEMS; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; PARTICLE MANIPULATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROPHORESIS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MAMMALS; MICROANALYSIS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; VIRUSES;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84893342771     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/6/063001     Document Type: Review

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