Separation of Escherichia coli bacteria from peripheral blood mononuclear cells using standing surface acoustic waves.

ABSTRACT: A microfluidic device was developed to separate heterogeneous particle or cell mixtures in a continuous flow using acoustophoresis. In this device, two identical surface acoustic waves (SAWs) generated by interdigital transducers (IDTs) propagated toward a microchannel, which accordingly built up a standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) field across the channel. A numerical model, coupling a piezoelectric effect in the solid substrate and acoustic pressure in the fluid, was developed to provide a better understanding of SSAW-based particle manipulation. It was found that the pressure nodes across the channel were individual planes perpendicular to the solid substrate. In the separation experiments, two side sheath flows hydrodynamically focused the injected particle or cell mixtures into a

SUBMITTER: Ai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3789253 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature