Dielectrophoresis in microfluidics technology

B Çetin, D Li - Electrophoresis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is the movement of a particle in a non‐uniform electric field due to
the interaction of the particle's dipole and spatial gradient of the electric field. DEP is a subtle …

Microfluidic isolation and enrichment of nanoparticles

Y Xie, J Rufo, R Zhong, J Rich, P Li, KW Leong… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Over the past decades, nanoparticles have increased in implementation to a variety of
applications ranging from high-efficiency electronics to targeted drug delivery. Recently …

Recent advances in direct current electrokinetic manipulation of particles for microfluidic applications

X Xuan - Electrophoresis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microfluidic devices have been extensively used to achieve precise transport and placement
of a variety of particles for numerous applications. A range of force fields have thus far been …

Review and analysis of electro-magnetohydrodynamic flow and heat transport in microchannels

B Kundu, S Saha - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to develop a review of the electrokinetic flow in microchannels. Thermal
characteristics of electrokinetic phenomena in microchannels based on the Poisson …

Basic principles of electrolyte chemistry for microfluidic electrokinetics. Part I: Acid–base equilibria and pH buffers

A Persat, RD Chambers, JG Santiago - Lab on a Chip, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We review fundamental and applied acid–base equilibrium chemistry useful to microfluidic
electrokinetics. We present elements of acid–base equilibrium reactions and derive rules for …

Mitigating Joule heating in smart nanochannels: Evaluating the efficacy of AC vs. DC fields

M Khatibi, SN Ashrafizadeh - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
This study delves into the profound implications of different electric field types, namely DC
and AC with a sinusoidal waveform, on ion transport within intelligent soft nanochannels …

Review of nonlinear electrokinetic flows in insulator‐based dielectrophoresis: from induced charge to Joule heating effects

X Xuan - Electrophoresis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Insulator‐based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) has been increasingly used for particle
manipulation in various microfluidic applications. It exploits insulating structures to constrict …

Joule heating effects on electroosmotic flow in insulator‐based dielectrophoresis

S Sridharan, J Zhu, G Hu, X Xuan - Electrophoresis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Insulator‐based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) is an emerging technology that has been
successfully used to manipulate a variety of particles in microfluidic devices. However, due …

Microfluidic bio-particle manipulation for biotechnology

B Cetin, MB Özer, ME Solmaz - Biochemical engineering journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology offers unique advantages for the next generation
devices for diagnostic therapeutic applications. For chemical, biological and biomedical …

Continuous particle separation with localized AC-dielectrophoresis using embedded electrodes and an insulating hurdle

Y Kang, B Cetin, Z Wu, D Li - Electrochimica Acta, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reports a microfluidics-based lab-on-a-chip device combining the alternating
current (AC) dielectrophoresis (DEP) and pressure-driven flow for separation of particle/cell …