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Dielectrophoresis in Microfluidics

A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2017) | Viewed by 11480

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Prof. Dr. Khashayar Khoshmanesh

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School of Engineering, RMIT University, City Campus, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Interests: microfluidics; lab-on-a-chip; organ-on-a-chip; mechanobiology; soft matter
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Dear Colleagues,

Dielectrophoresis, the induced motion of polarizable particles in response to non-uniform electric fields, enables the rapid, label-free and selective manipulation of micro/nano scale particles in microfluidic systems. Thanks to these advantages, dielectrophoresis has been widely used for various applications in physics, chemistry, engineering and biology. For instance, dielectrophoresis enables the controlled focusing and assembly of particles, facilitating their detection and characterization, as well as providing unique opportunities for creation of reconfigurable electronic and optical devices. Likewise, dielectrophoresis enables sorting, assembly and immobilization of target bio-particles to be interfaced with various physical and chemical stimuli and imaged with different microscopic techniques. Advances have been made in this field, by devising novel microelectrode configurations and operating strategies, and more importantly by exploring new exciting applications in the fields of materials and biological sciences.
Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on novel methodological developments for the design, fabrication, and utilization of dielectrophoresis in microfluidic platforms, with particular interest being paid to techniques for cellular assays, drug discovery, tissue engineering, nanomaterials, and electronic/optical devices.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Dr. Khashayar Khoshmanesh
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Cellular assays
  • Molecular assays
  • Diagnostics
  • Drug discovery
  • Tissue engineering
  • Lab on a chip
  • Nanomaterials
  • Electronic/optical devices

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Analytical Formulation of the Electric Field Induced by Electrode Arrays: Towards Automated Dielectrophoretic Cell Sorting
by Vladimir Gauthier, Aude Bolopion and Michaël Gauthier
Micromachines 2017, 8(8), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8080253 - 17 Aug 2017
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Dielectrophoresis is defined as the motion of an electrically polarisable particle in a non-uniform electric field. Current dielectrophoretic devices enabling sorting of cells are mostly controlled in open-loop applying a predefined voltage on micro-electrodes. Closed-loop control of these devices would enable to get [...] Read more.
Dielectrophoresis is defined as the motion of an electrically polarisable particle in a non-uniform electric field. Current dielectrophoretic devices enabling sorting of cells are mostly controlled in open-loop applying a predefined voltage on micro-electrodes. Closed-loop control of these devices would enable to get advanced functionalities and also more robust behavior. Currently, the numerical models of dielectrophoretic force are too complex to be used in real-time closed-loop control. The aim of this paper is to propose a new type of models usable in this framework. We propose an analytical model of the electric field based on Fourier series to compute the dielectrophoretic force produced by parallel electrode arrays. Indeed, this method provides an analytical expression of the electric potential which decouples the geometrical factors (parameter of our system), the voltages applied on electrodes (input of our system), and the position of the cells (output of our system). Considering the Newton laws on each cell, it enables to generate easily a dynamic model of the cell positions (output) function of the voltages on electrodes (input). This dynamic model of our system is required to design the future closed-loop control law. The predicted dielectrophoretic forces are compared to a numerical simulation based on finite element model using COMSOL software. The model presented in this paper enables to compute the dielectrophoretic force applied to a cell by an electrode array in a few tenths of milliseconds. This model could be consequently used in future works for closed-loop control of dielectrophoretic devices. Full article
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Assessment of Sub-Micron Particles by Exploiting Charge Differences with Dielectrophoresis
by Maria F. Romero-Creel, Eric Goodrich, Danielle V. Polniak and Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas
Micromachines 2017, 8(8), 239; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8080239 - 02 Aug 2017
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The analysis, separation, and enrichment of submicron particles are critical steps in many applications, ranging from bio-sensing to disease diagnostics. Microfluidic electrokinetic techniques, such as dielectrophoresis (DEP) have proved to be excellent platforms for assessment of submicron particles. DEP is the motion of [...] Read more.
The analysis, separation, and enrichment of submicron particles are critical steps in many applications, ranging from bio-sensing to disease diagnostics. Microfluidic electrokinetic techniques, such as dielectrophoresis (DEP) have proved to be excellent platforms for assessment of submicron particles. DEP is the motion of polarizable particles under the presence of a non-uniform electric field. In this work, the polarization and dielectrophoretic behavior of polystyrene particles with diameters ranging for 100 nm to 1 μm were studied employing microchannels for insulator based DEP (iDEP) and low frequency (<1000 Hz) AC and DC electric potentials. In particular, the effects of particle surface charge, in terms of magnitude and type of functionalization, were examined. It was found that the magnitude of particle surface charge has a significant impact on the polarization and dielectrophoretic response of the particles, allowing for successful particle assessment. Traditionally, charge differences are exploited employing electrophoretic techniques and particle separation is achieved by differential migration. The present study demonstrates that differences in the particle’s surface charge can also be exploited by means of iDEP; and that distinct types of nanoparticles can be identified by their polarization and dielectrophoretic behavior. These findings open the possibility for iDEP to be employed as a technique for the analysis of submicron biological particles, where subtle differences in surface charge could allow for rapid particle identification and separation. Full article
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