Title : 
Manipulation of Biological Samples using Electric Field
         
        
            Author : 
Iliescu, Ciprian ; Xu, Guo Lin ; Ong, Poh Lam ; Yu, Liming ; Tay, Francis E H ; Iliescu, Florina Silvia ; Tresset, G.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Bioeng. & Nanotechnol., Singapore
         
        
        
        
            fDate : 
Oct. 15 2007-Sept. 17 2007
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The paper presents original contributions at manipulation of biological samples using electric field (dielectrophoresis). Design considerations, fabrication processes and experimental results of three original three dimensional (3D) dielectrophoretic (DEP) structures: DEP chip with 3D silicon electrodes, DEP chip with 3D electric field gradient and 3D filtering chip are analyzed. The paper presents also the experimental results of trapping yeast cells.
         
        
            Keywords : 
biological techniques; electric field effects; electric field gradient; electrodes; electrophoresis; elemental semiconductors; microfluidics; silicon; 3D electric field gradient; 3D filtering chip; 3D silicon electrodes; Si; biological samples; dielectrophoresis; yeast cells; Biomedical engineering; Dielectric thin films; Dielectrophoresis; Electrodes; Fabrication; Fungi; Glass; Microfluidics; Shape; Silicon; 3D dielectrophoresis; cell manipulation; microfluidics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Semiconductor Conference, 2007. CAS 2007. International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sinaia
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0847-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SMICND.2007.4519649