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ArticleMicromachines2023

DC-Dielectrophoretic Manipulation and Isolation of Microplastic Particle-Treated Microalgae Cells in Asymmetric-Orifice-Based Microfluidic Chip.

Tianbo Gao, Kai Zhao, Jiaqi Zhang, Kaihuan Zhang

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Article in Micromachines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tianbo GaoLiaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Sensing and Intelligent Detection, Department of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China.
Kai ZhaoLiaoning Key Laboratory of Marine Sensing and Intelligent Detection, Department of Information Science and Technology, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2377-6165
Jiaqi Zhang2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China.
Kaihuan Zhang2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7353-4180
Dalian Maritime University · CNShanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2021M690500Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China 3132022247National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFF1200800Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province 2022-BS-100Startup Research Foundation for Talents of Dalian Maritime University 02500352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel direct-current dielectrophoretic (DC-DEP) method is proposed for the manipulation and isolation of microplastic particle (MP)-treated microalgae cells according to their dielectric properties in a microfluidic chip. The lateral migration and trajectory of the microalgae cells were investigated. To induce stronger DC-DEP effects, a non-homogeneous electric-field gradient was generated by applying the DC electric voltages through triple pairs of asymmetric orifices with three small orifices and one large orifice located on the opposite microchannel wall across the whole channel, leading to the enhanced magnitude of the non-uniform electric-field gradient and effective dielectrophoretic area. The effects of the applied voltage, the polystyrene (PS) adsorption coverage, and thickness on the DC-DEP behaviors and migration were numerically investigated, and it was found that the effect of the PS adsorption thickness of the Chlorella cells on the DC-DEP behaviors can be neglected, but the effect on their trajectory shifts cannot. In this way, the separation of 3 µm and 6 µm Chlorella coated with 100% PS particles and the isolation of the Chlorella cells from those coated with various coverages and thicknesses of PS particles was successfully achieved, providing a promising method for the isolation of microalgae cells and the removal of undesired cells from a target suspension.

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asymmetric orifice structureChlorella microalgae cellsDC-dielectrophoretic manipulationmicroplastic particles

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PMCPMC9865771
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