Higher order dielectrophoretic force characterisation of non-spherical particles
Higher order dielectrophoretic force characterisation of non-spherical particles
A numerical method is presented for determination of higher-order dielectrophoretic forces on non-spherical particles. The method is applied to ellipsoidal particles of different dimensions subjected to electric fields with different degrees of non-uniformity. The results are compared against net force calculations using the Maxwell stress tensor method. The contribution from higher-order forces is shown to exceed the dielectrophoretic force based only on the dipole approximation when particle dimensions are comparable to the length scale of electric field non-uniformity. It is also shown that individual contributions from quadrupolar and octupolar dielectrophoretic forces strongly depend on particle aspect ratio.
Nili, Hossein
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Sun, Tao
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Green, Nicolas
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June 2011
Nili, Hossein
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Sun, Tao
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Green, Nicolas
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Nili, Hossein, Sun, Tao and Green, Nicolas
(2011)
Higher order dielectrophoretic force characterisation of non-spherical particles.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 301 (12061).
Abstract
A numerical method is presented for determination of higher-order dielectrophoretic forces on non-spherical particles. The method is applied to ellipsoidal particles of different dimensions subjected to electric fields with different degrees of non-uniformity. The results are compared against net force calculations using the Maxwell stress tensor method. The contribution from higher-order forces is shown to exceed the dielectrophoretic force based only on the dipole approximation when particle dimensions are comparable to the length scale of electric field non-uniformity. It is also shown that individual contributions from quadrupolar and octupolar dielectrophoretic forces strongly depend on particle aspect ratio.
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Published date: June 2011
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Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272515
ISSN: 1742-6588
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