A Planar Dielectrophoretic Microdevice for Particle Manipulation

Authors

Quanzhi Teng, University of WollongongFollow
Xianzhou Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Weihua Li, University of WollongongFollow
Dafeng Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Hejun Du, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

RIS ID

25255

Publication Details

Du, H., Chen, D., Teng, Q., Li, W. and Zhang, X. 2008, ''A Planar Dielectrophoretic Microdevice for Particle Manipulation'', Advanced Materials Research, vol. 47-50, pp. 153-156.

Abstract

This paper presents both theoretical and experimental study of particle motion in a typical interdigitated electrode array. Both finite element method and numerical simulation were performed to predict the movement of particles. The simulation results indicated that the particle motion and separation behaviors strongly depend on the combined contributions of a number of parameters, such as the frequency of the electric field, applied voltage, dielectric properties of the particles and the surrounding medium.