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  • Microfluidics
  • Biophysics
  • Cell Separation Technology

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  • Continuous cell characterization and separation are crucial in biological and medical research.
  • Dielectrophoresis (DEP) offers a label-free method for manipulating biological cells using non-uniform electric fields.
  • Existing DEP methods often face limitations in achieving continuous, high-throughput cell separation and characterization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and demonstrate a novel alternating current (AC)-dielectrophoretic (DEP) microfluidic chip for continuous cell analysis.
  • To investigate the DEP behavior of yeast cells across varying ionic concentrations and AC electric field frequencies.
  • To achieve continuous separation of yeast cells based on viability, size, and dielectric properties.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a microfluidic chip with embedded asymmetric electrode-pads to generate non-uniform electric fields.
  • Application of AC electric fields to induce positive and negative DEP forces on yeast cells within the microfluidic chip.
  • Measurement of yeast cell lateral migration as a function of AC frequency and solution conductivity.

Main Results:

  • Yeast cell lateral migration trends closely correlated with calculated Clausius-Mossotti (CM) factors.
  • Demonstrated continuous separation of live and dead yeast cells by adjusting AC electric field parameters.
  • Achieved selective separation of yeast cells based on targeted diameter and dielectric properties.

Conclusions:

  • The developed AC-DEP microfluidic chip enables effective characterization and continuous separation of yeast cells.
  • This system allows for the determination of cell crossover frequencies and targeted cell manipulation.
  • This work represents the first report on AC-DEP lateral migration measurements of yeast cells in varying conductivity solutions as a function of frequency within a microfluidic chip.