Progress in optical manipulation has stimulated remarkable advances in a wide range of
fields, including materials science, robotics, medical engineering, and nanotechnology. This …

Technological advancements in research on circulating biomarkers from patient derived
blood have enabled a less invasive means of diagnosing non-hematologic cancers …

Circulating tumor cells, a component of the “liquid biopsy”, hold great potential to transform
the current landscape of cancer therapy. A key challenge to unlocking the clinical utility of …

A review is presented of the present status of the theory, the developed technology and the
current applications of dielectrophoresis (DEP). Over the past 10 years around 2000 …

During cancer progression, many tumours shed circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and other
biomarkers into the bloodstream. The analysis of CTCs offers the prospect of collecting a …

The ability to manipulate biological cells and micrometre-scale particles plays an important
role in many biological and colloidal science applications. However, conventional …

Electrical forces for manipulating cells at the microscale include electrophoresis and
dielectrophoresis. Electrophoretic forces arise from the interaction of a cell's charge and an …

Several hundred clinical trials currently explore the role of circulating tumor cell (CTC)
analysis for therapy decisions, but assays are lacking for comprehensive molecular …

The development of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices over the past decade has attracted
growing interest. LOC devices aim to achieve the miniaturization, integration, automation …

We overview the ways in which electric fields can be used for on-chip manipulation and
assembly of colloidal particles. Particles suspended in water readily respond to alternating …