Assessing the Discriminatory Capabilities of iEK Devices under DC and DC-Biased AC Stimulation Potentials.

ABSTRACT: There is a rising need for rapid and reliable analytical methods for separating microorganisms in clinical and biomedical applications. Microscale-insulator-based electrokinetic (iEK) systems have proven to be robust platforms for assessing a wide variety of microorganisms. Traditionally, iEK systems are usually stimulated with direct-current (DC) potentials. This work presents a comparison between using DC potentials and using DC-biased alternating-current (AC) potentials in iEK systems for the separation of microorganisms. The present study, which includes mathematical modeling and experimentation, compares the separation of bacterial and yeast cells in two distinct modes by using DC and DC-biased AC potentials. The quality of both separations, assessed in terms of separation resolution

SUBMITTER: Nasir Ahamed NN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature