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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 777-784 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Oct |
Externally published | Yes |
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