A DIELECTROPHORETIC CELL/PARTICLE SEPARATOR

FABRICATED BY SPIRAL CHANNELS AND CONCENTRIC GOLD

ELECTRODES

Reporter : Meng-Hua ChungProfessor : 劉承賢教授

Outlines Introduction Design principle Simulation Fabrication Result Conclusion

Introduction Separation method:

Passive : base on geometries Advantages: implementation easy Disadvantages: performance is not very well

Active: require actuation mechanism Magnetic force Hydrodynamic force Electrical force

Introduction Magnetic force

Most materials cannot be magnetized Hydrodynamic force

Difficulty in controlling and may damage viable cell

Electrical force Electrophoresis Dielectrophoresis(DEP)

Introduction• Electrophoresis

Introduction Dielectrophoresis

Design Principle DEP force is formed by non-uniform electric field and non-zero CM factor

Design principleCrossover frequency

Design pattern

simulation

Fabrication

Result

Conclusion This spiral channels have two way to

use: Different size particles(R) Different type cells(CM factor)

This paper already test different size particles, but the result do not fit the formular .