Title :
Ferrofluidic platform for cell and droplet manipulation
Author :
Taotao Zhu ; Rui Cheng ; Sheppard, Gareth ; Locklin, Jason ; Leidong Mao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Abstract :
We report a novel on-chip cell and droplet manipulation scheme using magnetic nanoparticles suspension (i.e., ferrofluids). The design and characterization of a size-based cell-sorting device are presented. Magnetic field-assisted fabrication and manipulation of non-spherical polymer particles within a ferrofluidic droplet device is also presented.
Keywords :
drops; fluidic devices; magnetic fluids; magnetic particles; magnetohydrodynamics; microchannel flow; microfabrication; nanomagnetics; nanoparticles; polymers; sorting; suspensions; two-phase flow; ferrofluidic droplet device; magnetic field-assisted fabrication; magnetic field-assisted manipulation; magnetic nanoparticles suspension; nonspherical polymer particles; on-chip cell manipulation scheme; on-chip droplet manipulation scheme; size-based cell-sorting device; Magnetic moments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic separation; Microfluidics; Polymers; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2013 13th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0675-8
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2013.6720873
