Witte, C;
Reboud, J;
Cooper, JM;
Neale, SL;
(2020)
Channel integrated optoelectronic tweezer chip for microfluidic particle manipulation.
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
, 30
(4)
, Article 045004. 10.1088/1361-6439/ab6c72.
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Abstract
Light patterned electrical fields have been widely used for the manipulation of microparticles, from cells to microscopic electronic components. In this work, we explore a novel electromechanical phenomenon for particle focusing and sorting where the electrical field patterns are shaped by a combination of the light patterned photoconductor and the channel geometry. This effect results from the combination of particle polarisation described by the Clausius–Mossotti relation and the engineering of large electric gradients produced by choosing the channels height to suit the size of the particles being manipulated. The matched geometry increases the distortion of the field created by a combination of the illuminated photoconductor and the particles themselves and hence the non-uniformity of the field they experience. We demonstrate a new channel integration strategy which allows the creation of precisely defined channel structures in the OET device. By defining channels in photoresist sandwiched between upper and lower ITO coated glass substrates we produce robust channels of well controlled height tailored to the particle. Uniquely, the top substrate is attached before photolithographically defining the channels. We demonstrate versatile control using this effect with dynamically reconfigurable light patterns allowing the retention against flow, focusing and sorting of micro particles within the channels. Contrary to traditional designs, this channel integrated device allows patterned micro channels to be used in conjunction with conductive top and bottom electrodes producing optimal conditions for the dielectrophoretic manipulation as demonstrated by the rapid flow (up to 5mm s−1 ) in which the particles can be focused
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Channel integrated optoelectronic tweezer chip for microfluidic particle manipulation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1361-6439/ab6c72 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6439/ab6c72 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | optoelectronic tweezing, dielectrophoresis, microfluidics, micromanipulation |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10114419 |
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