TY - GEN
T1 - Three dimensional bacteria concentration by negative dielectrophoresis
AU - Hisajima, T.
AU - mao, L.
AU - Shinzato, K.
AU - Nakano, Michihiko
AU - Suehiro, Junya
PY - 2013/7/8
Y1 - 2013/7/8
N2 - Thispaper reports a novel method to concentrate bacteria in three-dimension by negative dielectrophoretic (n-DEP) force in a microchannel. This was achieved by placing a thin dielectric layer on one of a pair of parallel plate electrodes. The dielectric layer having a home-plate like pentagonal shape, forms a gradient of electric field causing n-DEP. A three-dimensional numerical simulation of bacteria trajectory predicts that bacteria flowing a microchannel were three-dimensionally concentrated beneath the tip of the pentagonal dielectric thin layer. The trajectory and concentration of bacteria under n-DEP force were also experimentally confirmed using Escherichia coli cells. Bacteria moved along edges of the dielectric layer and were pushed to the opposite electrode, resulting in their concentration in three-dimension. The proposed device might be applicable to selective concentration of bacteria depending on their dielectric properties.
AB - Thispaper reports a novel method to concentrate bacteria in three-dimension by negative dielectrophoretic (n-DEP) force in a microchannel. This was achieved by placing a thin dielectric layer on one of a pair of parallel plate electrodes. The dielectric layer having a home-plate like pentagonal shape, forms a gradient of electric field causing n-DEP. A three-dimensional numerical simulation of bacteria trajectory predicts that bacteria flowing a microchannel were three-dimensionally concentrated beneath the tip of the pentagonal dielectric thin layer. The trajectory and concentration of bacteria under n-DEP force were also experimentally confirmed using Escherichia coli cells. Bacteria moved along edges of the dielectric layer and were pushed to the opposite electrode, resulting in their concentration in three-dimension. The proposed device might be applicable to selective concentration of bacteria depending on their dielectric properties.
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U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.699.251
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.699.251
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84879627563
SN - 9783037856758
T3 - Advanced Materials Research
SP - 251
EP - 256
BT - Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
T2 - 2013 International Conference on Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, MSCE 2013
Y2 - 20 February 2013 through 21 February 2013
ER -