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Nan X, Zhang J, Wang X, Kang T, Cao X, Hao J, Jia Q, Qin B, Mei S, Xu Z. Design of a Low-Frequency Dielectrophoresis-Based Arc Microfluidic Chip for Multigroup Cell Sorting. Micromachines (Basel) 2023; 14:1561. [PMID: 37630097 PMCID: PMC10456708 DOI: 10.3390/mi14081561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 07/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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Dielectrophoresis technology is applied to microfluidic chips to achieve microscopic control of cells. Currently, microfluidic chips based on dielectrophoresis have certain limitations in terms of cell sorting species, in order to explore a microfluidic chip with excellent performance and high versatility. In this paper, we designed a microfluidic chip that can be used for continuous cell sorting, with the structural design of a curved channel and curved double side electrodes. CM factors were calculated for eight human healthy blood cells and cancerous cells using the software MyDEP, the simulation of various blood cells sorting and the simulation of the joule heat effect of the microfluidic chip were completed using the software COMSOL Multiphysics. The effect of voltage and inlet flow velocity on the simulation results was discussed using the control variables method. We found feasible parameters from simulation results under different voltages and inlet flow velocities, and the feasibility of the design was verified from multiple perspectives by measuring cell movement trajectories, cell recovery rate and separation purity. This paper provides a universal method for cell, particle and even protein sorting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xueli Nan
- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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- School of Automation and Software Engineering, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China; (J.Z.); (X.W.); (T.K.); (X.C.); (J.H.); (Q.J.); (B.Q.); (S.M.); (Z.X.)
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Pryazhnikov MI, Yakimov AS, Denisov IA, Pryazhnikov AI, Minakov AV, Belobrov PI. Fluid Viscosity Measurement by Means of Secondary Flow in a Curved Channel. Micromachines (Basel) 2022; 13:1452. [PMID: 36144075 PMCID: PMC9502554 DOI: 10.3390/mi13091452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This article presents a new approach to determining the viscosity of Newtonian fluid. The approach is based on the analysis of the secondary Dean flow in a curved channel. The study of the flow patterns of water and aqueous solutions of glycerin in a microfluidic chip with a U-microchannel was carried out. The advantages of a microfluidic viscometer based on a secondary Dean flow are its simplicity, quickness, and high accuracy in determining the viscosity coefficient of a liquid. A viscosity image in a short movie represents fluid properties. It is revealed that the viscosity coefficient can be determined by the dependence of the recirculation angle of the secondary Dean flow. The article provides a correlation between the Dean number and the flow recirculation angle. The results of the field experiment, presented in the article, correlate with the data obtained using computational fluid dynamics and allow for selecting parameters to create microfluidic viscometers with a U-shaped microchannel.
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- Maxim I. Pryazhnikov
- Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Technologies for the Development of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbon Reserves, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Laboratory of Heat Exchange Control in Phase and Chemical Transformations, Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Technologies for the Development of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbon Reserves, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Technologies for the Development of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbon Reserves, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Technologies for the Development of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbon Reserves, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Physical and Chemical Technologies for the Development of Hard-to-Recover Hydrocarbon Reserves, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Laboratory of Heat Exchange Control in Phase and Chemical Transformations, Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Sobecki C, Zhang J, Wang C. Numerical Study of Paramagnetic Elliptical Microparticles in Curved Channels and Uniform Magnetic Fields. Micromachines (Basel) 2019; 11:E37. [PMID: 31905597 PMCID: PMC7019469 DOI: 10.3390/mi11010037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 12/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We numerically investigated the dynamics of a paramagnetic elliptical particle immersed in a low Reynolds number Poiseuille flow in a curved channel and under a uniform magnetic field by direct numerical simulation. A finite element method, based on an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian approach, analyzed how the channel geometry, the strength and direction of the magnetic field, and the particle shape affected the rotation and radial migration of the particle. The net radial migration of the particle was analyzed after executing a π rotation and at the exit of the curved channel with and without a magnetic field. In the absence of a magnetic field, the rotation is symmetric, but the particle-wall distance remains the same. When a magnetic field is applied, the rotation of symmetry is broken, and the particle-wall distance increases as the magnetic field strength increases. The causation of the radial migration is due to the magnetic angular velocity caused by the magnetic torque that constantly changes directions during particle transportation. This research provides a method of magnetically manipulating non-spherical particles on lab-on-a-chip devices for industrial and biological applications.
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 400 W. 13th St., Rolla, MO 65409, USA; (C.S.); (J.Z.)
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