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High accuracy particle analysis using sheathless microfluidic impedance cytometry

High accuracy particle analysis using sheathless microfluidic impedance cytometry
High accuracy particle analysis using sheathless microfluidic impedance cytometry
This paper describes a new design of microfluidic impedance cytometer enabling accurate characterization of particles without the need for focusing. The approach uses multiple pairs of electrodes to measure the transit time of particles through the device in two simultaneous different current measurements, a transverse (top to bottom) current and an oblique current. This gives a new metric that can be used to estimate the vertical position of the particle trajectory through the microchannel. This parameter effectively compensates for the non-uniform electric field in the channel that is an unavoidable consequence of the use of planar parallel facing electrodes. The new technique is explained and validated using numerical modelling. Impedance data for 5, 6 and 7 µm particles are collected and compared with simulations. The method gives excellent coefficient of variation in (electrical) radius of particles of 1% for a sheathless configuration.
1473-0197
2467-2473
Spencer, Daniel
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Caselli, Frederica
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Bisegna, Paolo
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Morgan, Hywel
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Spencer, Daniel
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Caselli, Frederica
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Bisegna, Paolo
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Morgan, Hywel
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Spencer, Daniel, Caselli, Frederica, Bisegna, Paolo and Morgan, Hywel (2016) High accuracy particle analysis using sheathless microfluidic impedance cytometry. Lab on a Chip, 16 (13), 2467-2473. (doi:10.1039/C6LC00339G).

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This paper describes a new design of microfluidic impedance cytometer enabling accurate characterization of particles without the need for focusing. The approach uses multiple pairs of electrodes to measure the transit time of particles through the device in two simultaneous different current measurements, a transverse (top to bottom) current and an oblique current. This gives a new metric that can be used to estimate the vertical position of the particle trajectory through the microchannel. This parameter effectively compensates for the non-uniform electric field in the channel that is an unavoidable consequence of the use of planar parallel facing electrodes. The new technique is explained and validated using numerical modelling. Impedance data for 5, 6 and 7 µm particles are collected and compared with simulations. The method gives excellent coefficient of variation in (electrical) radius of particles of 1% for a sheathless configuration.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 May 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 May 2016
Published date: 7 July 2016
Organisations: Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

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Local EPrints ID: 395519
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/395519
ISSN: 1473-0197
PURE UUID: d1b1c83b-08c7-4959-982d-3edbb3d641f6
ORCID for Hywel Morgan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-5676

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Date deposited: 31 May 2016 15:18
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 05:37

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Author: Daniel Spencer
Author: Frederica Caselli
Author: Paolo Bisegna
Author: Hywel Morgan ORCID iD

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