Analytical Guidelines for Designing Curvature-Induced Dielectrophoretic Particle Manipulation Systems.

ABSTRACT: Curvature-induced dielectrophoresis (C-iDEP) is an established method of applying electrical energy gradients across curved microchannels to obtain a label-free manipulation of particles and cells. This method offers several advantages over the other DEP-based methods, such as increased chip area utilisation, simple fabrication, reduced susceptibility to Joule heating and reduced risk of electrolysis in the active region. Although C-iDEP systems have been extensively demonstrated to achieve focusing and separation of particles, a detailed mathematical analysis of the particle dynamics has not been reported yet. This work computationally confirms a fully analytical dimensionless study of the electric field-induced particle motion inside a circular arc microchannel, the simplest design of a

SUBMITTER: Kale A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7407939 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature