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ArticlePloS one2014

High resolution scanning electron microscopy of cells using dielectrophoresis.

Shi-Yang Tang, Wei Zhang, Rebecca Soffe, Sofia Nahavandi, Ravi Shukla, Khashayar Khoshmanesh

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shi-Yang TangSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia.
Wei ZhangSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia.
Rebecca SoffeSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia.
Sofia NahavandiFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ravi ShuklaSchool of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia.
Khashayar KhoshmaneshSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Victoria, Australia.
RMIT University · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrastructural analysis of cells can reveal valuable information about their morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has been widely used to provide high-resolution images from the surface of biological samples. However, samples need to be dehydrated and coated with conductive materials for SEM imaging. Besides, immobilizing non-adherent cells during processing and analysis is challenging and requires complex fixation protocols. In this work, we developed a novel dielectrophoresis based microfluidic platform for interfacing non-adherent cells with high-resolution SEM at low vacuum mode. The system enables rapid immobilization and dehydration of samples without deposition of chemical residues over the cell surface. Moreover, it enables the on-chip chemical stimulation and fixation of immobilized cells with minimum dislodgement. These advantages were demonstrated for comparing the morphological changes of non-budding and budding yeast cells following Lyticase treatment.

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Microfluidic Analytical TechniquesMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningCell AdhesionSaccharomycetales

Identifiers

PMID25089528
PMCPMC4121316
OpenAlexW2057151483

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