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Quantifying dielectrophoretic collections of sub-micron particles on microelectrodes

Quantifying dielectrophoretic collections of sub-micron particles on microelectrodes
Quantifying dielectrophoretic collections of sub-micron particles on microelectrodes
This paper presents a technique for measuring and quantifying the elelectrohporetic collection of sub-micron particles on planar microelectrode arrays. Fluorescence microscopy and video recording is used to measure the number of particles collecting on an electrode as a function of time for various experimental parameters, such as applied electrode voltage and frequency. Video images are processed using analytical methods that take advantage of the geometrical properties of the electrode array to extract quantitative information which is used to characterize the dielectric properties of particles. The time-dependent collection profiles can be chracterized by three parameters: the initial dielectrophoretic collection rate, the initial to pseudo-steady-state transition and the rise time. This method can be used asa general technique to characterize the dielectrophoretic properties of populations of sub-micron-scale particles.
non-uniform electric fields, particle concentration, dielectrophoretic collection, AC electrokinetcs, Fokker-Planck equation, dielectrophoresis, interdigitated electrode array
1361-6501
254-266
Bakewell, David
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Morgan, Hywel
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Bakewell, David
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Morgan, Hywel
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Bakewell, David and Morgan, Hywel (2004) Quantifying dielectrophoretic collections of sub-micron particles on microelectrodes. Measurement Science and Technology, 15, 254-266.

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This paper presents a technique for measuring and quantifying the elelectrohporetic collection of sub-micron particles on planar microelectrode arrays. Fluorescence microscopy and video recording is used to measure the number of particles collecting on an electrode as a function of time for various experimental parameters, such as applied electrode voltage and frequency. Video images are processed using analytical methods that take advantage of the geometrical properties of the electrode array to extract quantitative information which is used to characterize the dielectric properties of particles. The time-dependent collection profiles can be chracterized by three parameters: the initial dielectrophoretic collection rate, the initial to pseudo-steady-state transition and the rise time. This method can be used asa general technique to characterize the dielectrophoretic properties of populations of sub-micron-scale particles.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: non-uniform electric fields, particle concentration, dielectrophoretic collection, AC electrokinetcs, Fokker-Planck equation, dielectrophoresis, interdigitated electrode array
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 263175
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/263175
ISSN: 1361-6501
PURE UUID: 056fecd2-a743-47e3-8272-cff32a860842
ORCID for Hywel Morgan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-5676

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Date deposited: 13 Nov 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:18

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Author: David Bakewell
Author: Hywel Morgan ORCID iD

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