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ArticleScientific reports2018

A low voltage nanopipette dielectrophoretic device for rapid entrapment of nanoparticles and exosomes extracted from plasma of healthy donors.

Leilei Shi, Ankit Rana, Leyla Esfandiari

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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  17. Exosome isolation using nanostructures and microfluidic devices.Biomedical materials (Bristol, England) · 2021
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3 authors.

Leilei ShiDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9427-4357
Ankit RanaDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9866-9620
Leyla EsfandiariDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, 45221, United States. esfandla@ucmail.uc.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) is a label-free method that has been extensively utilized for manipulation of nanoparticles, cells, and biomolecules. Here, we present a new iDEP approach that can rapidly trap nanoparticles at the close proximity of a glass nanopipette's tip by applying 10 V/cm direct current (DC) across the pipette's length. The trapping mechanism was systemically studied using both numerical modeling and experimental observations. The results showed that the particle trapping was determined to be controlled by three dominant electrokinetic forces including dielectrophoretic, electrophoretic and electroosmotic force. Furthermore, the effect of the ionic strength, the pipette's geometry, and the applied electric field on the entrapment efficiency was investigated. To show the application of our device in biomedical sciences, we demonstrated the successful entrapment of fluorescently tagged liposomes and unlabeled plasma-driven exosomes from the PBS solution. Also, to illustrate the selective entrapment capability of our device, 100 nm liposomes were extracted from the PBS solution containing 500 nm polystyrene particles at the tip of the pipette as the voltage polarity was reversed.

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ElectrophoresisExosomesHealthy VolunteersHumansMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesNanoparticlesNanotechnologyPlasmaPolystyrenesPolystyrenes

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PMID29712935
PMCPMC5928082

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