Optoelectronic tweezers: a versatile toolbox for nano-/micro-manipulation

S Zhang, B Xu, M Elsayed, F Nan, W Liang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of micromanipulation technologies has opened exciting new
opportunities for the actuation, selection and assembly of a variety of non-biological and …

Review on the physics of electrospray: from electrokinetics to the operating conditions of single and coaxial Taylor cone-jets, and AC electrospray

AM Ganán-Calvo, JM López-Herrera… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we review the physics of the liquid ejection by the application of electric fields,
paying special attention to the steady cone-jet mode of electrospray. We aim to provide a …

Reconfigurable microfluidics

F Paratore, V Bacheva, M Bercovici… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Lab-on-a-chip devices leverage microfluidic technologies to enable chemical and biological
processes at small scales. However, existing microfluidic channel networks are typically …

Capacitive aptasensor coupled with microfluidic enrichment for real-time detection of trace SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein

H Qi, Z Hu, Z Yang, J Zhang, JJ Wu, C Cheng… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has lasted for almost 2 years. Stemming its spread has posed severe challenges for clinical …

Dielectrophoresis in microfluidics technology

B Çetin, D Li - Electrophoresis, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is the movement of a particle in a non‐uniform electric field due to
the interaction of the particle's dipole and spatial gradient of the electric field. DEP is a subtle …

Electrical forces for microscale cell manipulation

J Voldman - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
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 …

Approaches to self-assembly of colloidal monolayers: A guide for nanotechnologists

V Lotito, T Zambelli - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of quasi-spherical colloidal particles in two-dimensional (2D) arrangements is
essential for a wide range of applications from optoelectronics to surface engineering, from …

On-chip micromanipulation and assembly of colloidal particles by electric fields

OD Velev, KH Bhatt - Soft Matter, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Dielectrophoresis: Developments and applications from 2010 to 2020

B Sarno, D Heineck, MJ Heller, SD Ibsen - Electrophoresis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The 20th century has seen tremendous innovation of dielectrophoresis (DEP) technologies,
with applications being developed in areas ranging from industrial processing to micro‐and …

A review of dielectrophoretic separation and classification of non‐biological particles

GR Pesch, F Du - Electrophoresis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a selective electrokinetic particle manipulation technology that is
applied for almost 100 years and currently finds most applications in biomedical research …