Microfluidic device for the assembly and transport of microparticles
US7744737B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N27/44713
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A microfluidic device comprising independently addressable arrays of interdigitated electrodes can be used to assembly and transport large-scale microparticle structures. The device and method uses collective phenomena in a negatively polarized suspension exposed to a high-gradient strong ac electric field to assemble the particles into predetermined locations and then transport them collectively to a work area for final assembly by sequentially energizing the electrode arrays.
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