Real-time dielectrophoretic signaling and image quantification methods for evaluating electrokinetic properties of nanoparticles.

ABSTRACT: Real-time image signaling and quantification methods are described that allow easy-to-use, fast extraction of the electrical properties of nanoparticles. Positive dielectrophoretic (pDEP) collection rate analysis enables the dielectric properties of very small samples of nanoparticles to be accurately quantified. Advancing earlier work involving dual-cycle pulsed pDEP collection experiments, we report the development of a statistical image quantification method that significantly advances the evaluation of nanoparticle dielectric properties. Compared with traditional methods that require information about the geometry of the electrode array to be entered for semiautomated quantification , the new statistical approach described does not require a priori knowledge of device geometry. The eff

SUBMITTER: Bakewell DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034756 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature