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Electrode Isolation and Microfluidic Flow Effect Analysis on Dielectrophoretic Bioparticles Chaining for Flexible BioMEMS Application
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics IEEE Flex. Electron. Flexible Electronics, IEEE Journal on. 2(4):315-322 Jul, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Electrodes
Dielectrophoresis
Microfluidics
Electric fields
Microchannels
Isolators
Flexible electronics
Bio micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS)
bioparticle chain
dielectrophoresis
electro-kinetics
insulation layer
microfluidic
Language
ISSN
2768-167X
Abstract
Using a flexible bio micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) for the formation of bioparticle chaining has huge potential in various applications. One of the established methods is the use of electrical actuation for the forming of a bioparticle chain. The effect of direct contact (non-isolated) manipulation between an electrical source and a bioparticle affects the bioparticles. Essentially, the stability of the bioparticle chain with the introduction of the flow in the system is very important and crucial which warrants further studies for potential new applications. In this work, we have demonstrated the ability to form bioparticle chains either with direct contact (non-isolated) or non-contact (isolated) between bioparticles and electrodes as well as more importantly, the introduction of the flow into the system. We analyzed the feasibility of chaining, the chain length, and the direction under the effect of the electrode isolation as well as the microfluidic flow.