Interdigitated comb‐like electrodes for continuous separation of malignant cells from blood using dielectrophoresis

A Alazzam, I Stiharu, R Bhat… - Electrophoresis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a method for continuous flow separation of circulating malignant cells from
blood in a microfluidic device using dielectrophoresis is discussed. Separation of MDA231 …

Drop motion, deformation, and cyclic motion in a non-uniform electric field in the viscous limit

S Mhatre, RM Thaokar - Physics of Fluids, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Drop motion and deformation of a conducting drop in a perfect (or leaky) dielectric fluid and
a leaky dielectric drop in a leaky dielectric fluid, in a non-uniform electric field is presented …

Microparticle separation using dielectrophoresis-assisted inertial microfluidics: A GPU-accelerated immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann simulation

H Sorour Amini, A Mohammadi - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
In this study, the migration of microparticles towards the inertial equilibrium positions in a
straight microchannel with a square cross section in the presence of an inhomogeneous …

Modeling the trajectory of microparticles subjected to dielectrophoresis in a microfluidic device for field flow fractionation

B Mathew, A Alazzam, M Abutayeh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
This article details the development of an experimentally validated model for tracking the
movement of microparticles in a continuous flow microfluidic device employing …

[HTML][HTML] Microparticle transport along a planar electrode array using moving dielectrophoresis

MA Zaman, P Padhy, W Ren, M Wu… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We present a device that can achieve controlled transport of colloidal microparticles using
an array of micro-electrodes. By exciting the micro-electrodes in regular sequence with an …

Model‐based analysis of a dielectrophoretic microfluidic device for field‐flow fractionation

B Mathew, A Alazzam, M Abutayeh… - Journal of separation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present the development of a dynamic model for predicting the trajectory of
microparticles in microfluidic devices, employing dielectrophoresis, for Hyperlayer field‐flow …

Analytical solutions and validation of electric field and dielectrophoretic force in a bio‐microfluidic channel

V Nerguizian, A Alazzam, D Roman, I Stiharu… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In a microbiological device, cell or particle manipulation and characterization require the use
of electric field on different electrodes in several configurations and shapes. To efficiently …

Single living cell manipulation and identification using microsystems technologies

I Stiharu, A Alazzam, V Nerguizian… - Microsystems & …, 2015 - nature.com
The paper presents the principles and the results of the implementation of dielectrophoresis
for separation and identification of rare cells such as circulation tumor cells (CTCs) from …

Microfluidic platforms for bio-applications

A Alazzam, B Mathew, S Khashan - Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter provides a brief overview of three actuation mechanisms that are relevant for
biomedical applications of microfluidics. Actuation mechanisms are employed in the field of …

Path of microparticles in a microfluidic device employing dielectrophoresis for hyperlayer field-flow fractionation

B Mathew, A Alazzam, S Khashan… - Microsystem …, 2016 - Springer
This article details the development of a validated dynamic model for predicting the path of
microparticles subjected to a dielectrophoretic field, on a microfludic device, for hyperlayer …