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 …

Particle focusing in microfluidic devices

X Xuan, J Zhu, C Church - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2010 - Springer
Focusing particles (both biological and synthetic) into a tight stream is usually a necessary
step prior to counting, detecting, and sorting them. The various particle focusing approaches …

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

M Li, WH Li, J Zhang, G Alici… - Journal of Physics D …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The development of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices over the past decade has attracted
growing interest. LOC devices aim to achieve the miniaturization, integration, automation …

Direct current electrokinetic particle trapping in insulator-based microfluidics: theory and experiments

B Cardenas-Benitez, B Jind… - Analytical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The classic theory of direct-current (DC) insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) considers
that, in order to elicit particle trapping, dielectrophoretic (DEP) velocity counterbalances …

Rapid prototyping of PMMA microfluidic chips utilizing a CO2 laser

TF Hong, WJ Ju, MC Wu, CH Tai, CH Tsai… - Microfluidics and …, 2010 - Springer
A commercially available CO 2 laser scriber is used to perform the direct-writing ablation of
polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) substrates for microfluidic applications. The microfluidic …

Microfluidic impedance‐based flow cytometry

KC Cheung, M Di Berardino… - Cytometry part …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Microfabricated flow cytometers can detect, count, and analyze cells or particles using
microfluidics and electronics to give impedance‐based characterization. Such systems are …

On the recent developments of insulator‐based dielectrophoresis: A review

BH Lapizco‐Encinas - Electrophoresis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Insulator‐based dielectrophoresis (iDEP), also known as electrodeless DEP, has
become a well‐known dielectrophoretic technique, no longer viewed as a new …

Microfabrication technologies in dielectrophoresis applications—A review

R Martinez‐Duarte - Electrophoresis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
DEP is an established technique for particle manipulation. Although first demonstrated in the
1950s, it was not until the development of miniaturization techniques in the 1990s that DEP …

Size-based separation of particles and cells utilizing viscoelastic effects in straight microchannels

C Liu, C Xue, X Chen, L Shan, Y Tian, G Hu - Analytical chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Viscoelasticity-induced particle migration has recently received increasing attention due to
its ability to obtain high-quality focusing over a wide range of flow rates. However, its …

DC insulator dielectrophoretic applications in microdevice technology: a review

SK Srivastava, A Gencoglu, AR Minerick - Analytical and bioanalytical …, 2011 - Springer
Dielectrophoresis is a noninvasive, nondestructive, inexpensive, and fast technique for the
manipulation of bioparticles. Recent advances in the field of dielectrophoresis (DEP) have …