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ArticleMicrosystems & nanoengineering2022

Rapid switching and durable on-chip spark-cavitation-bubble cell sorter.

Zeheng Jiao, Yong Han, Jingjing Zhao, Zixi Chao, Attila Tárnok, Zheng You

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Article in Microsystems & nanoengineering, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Zeheng Jiao *State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China.
Yong Han *State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China.ORCID 0000-0003-2178-0678
Jingjing ZhaoDepartment of Structural Biology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5126 USA.
Zixi ChaoState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China.
Attila TárnokDepartment of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China.
Zheng YouState Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084 China.
Tsinghua University · CNFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology · DEStanford University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Precise and high-speed sorting of individual target cells from heterogeneous populations plays an imperative role in cell research. Although the conventional fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) is capable of rapid and accurate cell sorting, it occupies a large volume of the instrument and inherently brings in aerosol generation as well as cross-contamination among samples. The sorting completed in a fully enclosed and disposable microfluidic chip has the potential to eliminate the above concerns. However, current microfluidic cell sorters are hindered by the high complexities of the fabrication procedure and the off-chip setup. In this paper, a spark-cavitation-bubble-based fluorescence-activated cell sorter is developed to perform fast and accurate sorting in a microfluidic chip. It features a simple structure and an easy operation. This microfluidic sorter comprises a positive electrode of platinum and a negative electrode of tungsten, which are placed on the side of the main channel. By applying a high-voltage discharge on the pair of electrodes, a single spark cavitation bubble is created to deflect the target particle into the downstream collection channel. The sorter has a short switching time of 150 μs and a long lifespan of more than 100 million workable actions. In addition, a novel control strategy is proposed to dynamically adjust the discharge time to stabilize the size of the cavitation bubble for continuous sorting. The dynamic control of continuously triggering the sorter, the optimal delay time between fluorescence detection and cell sorting, and a theoretical model to predict the ideal sorting recovery and purity are studied to improve and evaluate the sorter performance. The experiments demonstrate that the sorting rate of target particles achieves 1200 eps, the total analysis throughput is up to 10,000 eps, the particles sorted at 4000 eps exhibit a purity greater than 80% and a recovery rate greater than 90%, and the sorting effect on the viability of HeLa cells is negligible.

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Electrical and electronic engineeringMicrofluidics

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PMID35600222
PMCPMC9117265
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