Microvortex focusing and sorting of particles in microchannels

Chia-Hsien Hsu; Dino Di Carlo; Chihchen Chen; Daniel Irimia; Mehmet Toner

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Microvortex focusing and sorting of particles in microchannels

Chia-Hsien Hsu, Chia-Hsien Hsu, Dino Di Carlo, Chihchen Chen, Daniel Irimia and Mehmet Toner

12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp.1211-1213

2008

Appears in keyword about Chemistry

Abstract

Cell

Flow cy-tometry

Focusing

Manipulation

Microfluidic

Particle

Sorting

We report a microvortex manipulator (MVM) that is a passive, and easily scal-able platform with great potential for the manipulation and separation of particles and cells in microfluidic environments. The movement of particles is determined by a unique combination of vortex flow, buoyancy and gravity forces. We exploit the behavior of particles in MVM, theoretically illustrate the mechanism of our tech-nique and experimentally demonstrate its applications in focusing, guiding and sort-ing particles in microchannels. © 2008 CBMS.

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Title: Microvortex focusing and sorting of particles in microchannels
Creators - without role: Chia-Hsien Hsu - Harvard Medical School
Chia-Hsien Hsu - Harvard Medical School
Dino Di Carlo - Harvard Medical School
Chihchen Chen - Harvard Medical School
Daniel Irimia - Harvard Medical School
Mehmet Toner - Harvard Medical School
Identifiers: 9957774257906774
Academic Unit: Institute of NanoEngineering and Microsystems, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference paper
Publication Details: 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences - The Proceedings of MicroTAS 2008 Conference, pp.1211-1213

Microvortex focusing and sorting of particles in microchannels

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