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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2016

Sheathless electrokinetic particle separation in a bifurcating microchannel.

Di Li, Xinyu Lu, Yongxin Song, Junsheng Wang, Dongqing Li, Xiangchun Xuan

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Di LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0921, USA.
Xinyu LuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0921, USA.
Yongxin SongCollege of Marine Engineering, Dalian Maritime University , Dalian 116026, China.
Junsheng WangCollege of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University , Dalian 116026, China.
Dongqing LiDepartment of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo , Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
Xiangchun XuanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University , Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0921, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0158-4186

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Particle separation has found practical applications in many areas from industry to academia. Current electrokinetic particle separation techniques primarily rely on dielectrophoresis, where the electric field gradients are generated by either active microelectrodes or inert micro-insulators. We develop herein a new type of electrokinetic method to continuously separate particles in a bifurcating microchannel. This sheath-free separation makes use of the inherent wall-induced electrical lift to focus particles towards the centerline of the main-branch and then deflect them to size-dependent flow paths in each side-branch. A theoretical model is also developed to understand such a size-based separation, which simulates the experimental observations with a good agreement. This electric field-driven sheathless separation can potentially be operated in a parallel or cascade mode to increase the particle throughput or resolution.

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PMID27703590
PMCPMC5035298

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