Best design for a fastest cells selecting process
Author(s) -
Michel Pierre,
Grégory Vial
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
discrete and continuous dynamical systems - s
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1937-1632
pISSN - 1937-1179
DOI - 10.3934/dcdss.2011.4.223
Subject(s) - sorting , dielectrophoresis , process (computing) , electric field , computer science , square (algebra) , electrode , resolution (logic) , field (mathematics) , algorithm , mathematical optimization , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , geometry , operating system , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
We consider a cell sorting process based on negative dielectrophoresis. The goal is to optimize the shape of an electrode network to speed up the positioning. We first show that the best electric field to impose has to be radial in order to minimize the average time for a group of particles. We can get an explicit formula in the specific case of a uniform distribution of initial positions, through the resolution of the Abel integral equation. Next,we use a least-square numerical procedure to design the electrode's shape.
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