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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Magnetic control of graphitic microparticles in aqueous solutions.

Johnny Nguyen, Dario Valter Conca, Johannes Stein, Laura Bovo, Chris A Howard, Isabel Llorente Garcia

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Johnny NguyenDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Dario Valter ConcaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Johannes SteinDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Laura BovoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Chris A HowardDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Isabel Llorente GarciaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; i.llorente-garcia@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-4282-7714

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Abstract

Graphite is an inexpensive material with useful electrical, magnetic, thermal, and optical properties. It is also biocompatible and used universally as a substrate. Micrometer-sized graphitic particles in solution are therefore ideal candidates for novel lab-on-a-chip and remote manipulation applications in biomedicine, biophysics, chemistry, and condensed-matter physics. However, submerged graphite is not known to be amenable to magnetic manipulation, the optimal manipulation method for such applications. Here, we exploit the diamagnetism of graphite and demonstrate contactless magnetic positioning control of graphitic microflakes in diamagnetic aqueous solutions. We develop a theoretical model for magnetic manipulation of graphite microflakes and demonstrate experimentally magnetic transport of such particles over distances [Formula: see text] with peak velocities [Formula: see text] in inhomogeneous magnetic fields. We achieve fully biocompatible transport for lipid-coated graphite in NaCl aqueous solution, paving the way for previously undiscovered biomedical applications. Our results prove that micrometer-sized graphite can be magnetically manipulated in liquid media.

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diamagnetic manipulationHOPGlabel-free magnetic transportmagnetophoresissubmerged micrographite

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PMID30683726
PMCPMC6377480

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