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Microfluidics: Tunnel Dielectrophoresis for Tunable, Single‐Stream Cell Focusing in Physiological Buffers in High‐Speed Microfluidic Flows (Small 32/2016)
Author(s) -
Kung YuChun,
Huang KuoWei,
Chong William,
Chiou PeiYu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201670159
Subject(s) - dielectrophoresis , microfluidics , microparticle , nanotechnology , materials science , electric field , optics , physics , quantum mechanics
On page 4343, P.‐Y. Chiou and co‐workers demonstrate a novel tunnel dielectrophoresis (TDEP) mechanism for continuously tunable, sheathless, 3D, and single‐stream microparticle as well as cell focusing in high‐speed flows in regular physiological buffers. Particles and cells showing negative DEP responses can be focused at the electric field minimum location regardless of their types and sizes.