Miniaturized thermal field-flow fractionation system

Author

Edwards, Thayne L. ; Gale, Bruce K. ; Frazier, A. Bmno

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bioeng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

TFFF systems are used for separation of biological and synthetic materials with different molecular weights as well as colloidal particles such as cells and proteins. Miniaturization of conventional macroscale TFFF systems is made possible through utilization of micromachining technologies. Miniaturization of the TFFF system has the advantages of reduced sample size, reduced power consumption, and decreased analysis time for equivalent results

Keywords

biosensors; chemical sensors; distillation; etching; microfluidics; micromachining; microsensors; separation; thermal diffusion; anisotropic etching; channel walls; decreased analysis time; elution separation; micromachining; miniaturized system; reduced power consumption; reduced sample size; thermal diffusion; thermal field-flow fractionation system; Biological materials; Biomedical engineering; Cells (biology); Cities and towns; Detectors; Energy consumption; Field-flow fractionation; Micromachining; Silicon; Solvents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804003

Filename

804003