Numerical and experimental study on dielectrophoretic and electrohydrodynamic traps using micro-particles on an interdigitated electrode array system

Tae Woo Lee, Kihawn Nam, Sang Hyun Baek, Woo Jin Chang, Sun Kook Kim, Han Sung Kim, Dae Sung Yoon, Sang Woo Lee

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Abstract

Dielectrophoretic and electrohydrodynamic traps are presented that can localize microparticles on specified positions of an interdigitated electrode array. For the generation of the traps, an interdigitated electrode array chip covered by an oxide layer with 10 μm × 10 μm opening windows is designed and fabricated, then an AC signal with varying frequency is applied to the array, the traps are finally created on the positions between two opening windows or inside the windows by dielectrophoretic and electrohydrodynamic effects. In addition, the dielectrophoretic and electrohydrodynamic forces are analyzed numerically using a finite element method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)777-784
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation
Volume11
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010 Oct
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) under Grant No. 2010-0013619, 2009-0068841, KRF-2007-313-D00963 and KRF-2008-313-D00580, R01-2008-000-11338-0.

Keywords

  • AC electroosmotics
  • Dielectrophoreis (DEP)
  • Electrothermal force
  • Indterdigiated electrode
  • Micro-particles

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Engineering (miscellaneous)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Applied Mathematics

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