A review of cyclic olefin copolymer applications in microfluidics and microdevices

A Agha, W Waheed, N Alamoodi… - Macromolecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) are amorphous, transparent thermoplastics composed of
cyclic olefin monomers (norbornene) and linear olefins (ethene). They are increasingly …

Single-cell microfluidic impedance cytometry: From raw signals to cell phenotypes using data analytics

C Honrado, P Bisegna, NS Swami, F Caselli - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The biophysical analysis of single-cells by microfluidic impedance cytometry is emerging as
a label-free and high-throughput means to stratify the heterogeneity of cellular systems …

Review of dielectrophoretic manipulation of micro and nanomaterials: Fundamentals, recent developments, and challenges

T Ghomian, J Hihath - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art methods of dielectrophoresis for micro-and
nanomaterial manipulation. Dielectrophoresis is a well-known technique for material …

Nonlinear electrokinetic methods of particles and cells

BH Lapizco-Encinas - Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Nonlinear electrokinetic phenomena offer label-free, portable, and robust approaches for
particle and cell assessment, including selective enrichment, separation, sorting, and …

Self-aligned sequential lateral field non-uniformities over channel depth for high throughput dielectrophoretic cell deflection

XH Huang, K Torres-Castro, W Varhue, A Salahi… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) enables the separation of cells based on subtle subcellular
phenotypic differences by controlling the frequency of the applied field. However, current …

A novel ultralow conductivity electromanipulation buffer improves cell viability and enhances dielectrophoretic consistency

AR Hyler, D Hong, RV Davalos, NS Swami… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cell separation has become a critical diagnostic, research, and treatment tool for
personalized medicine. Despite significant advances in cell separation, most widely used …

[HTML][HTML] UV-femtosecond-laser structuring of cyclic olefin copolymer

K Bischoff, D Mücke, GL Roth, C Esen, R Hellmann - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
We report on the laser ablation of cyclic olefin copolymer using an amplified ultrashort
pulsed laser in the ultraviolet spectral range. In addition to a high ablation depth per laser …

Characterizing Recent PDMS Changes in Electrokinetic‐Based Microfluidic Devices' Performance and Manufacturing for Cell Sorting Applications

AR Hyler, DE Thomas, KS Kinskie, KM Brown… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding cells from complex biological samples is vital to understanding cellular
biology and medical applications. One evolving tool for cell sorting is the use of microfluidic …

Effects of pillar shapes on the cell isolation in contactless DEP microfluidic devices

M Mashhadi Keshtiban, P Torky Harchegani… - Microfluidics and …, 2025 - Springer
Contactless dielectrophoresis is an effective method for trap** and manipulating cells in
microfluidic devices. However, the efficiency of these devices decreases at higher flow rates …

Dielectrophoretic motion of a red blood cell in a microfluidic environment: Insights from numerical simulations

A Ranjbaran - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This research delves into the dielectrophoresis (DEP) behavior of a biological cell within a
sinusoidal-shaped microchannel utilizing the Maxwell stress tensor (MST) theory. A red …