Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 173, Issue -, Pages 668-675Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.07.080
Keywords
Dielectrophoresis; DNA; Protein; Numerical simulation; Trapping condition
Funding
- National Center for Research Resources [5R21RR025826-03]
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences from National Institutes of Health [8R21GM103522-03]
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1149015] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Exploiting dielectrophoresis (DEP) to concentrate and separate biomolecules has recently shown large potential as a microscale bioanalytical tool. Such efforts however require tailored devices and knowledge of all interplaying transport mechanisms competing with dielectrophoresis (DEP). Specifically, a strong DEP contribution to the overall transport mechanism is necessary to exploit DEP of biomolecules for analytical applications such as separation and fractionation. Here, we present improved microfluidic devices combining optical lithography and focused ion beam milling (FIBM) for the manipulation of DNA and proteins using insulator-based dielectrophoresis (iDEP) and direct current (DC) electric fields. Experiments were performed on an elastomer platform forming the iDEP microfluidic device with integrated nanoposts and nanopost arrays. Microscale and nanoscale iDEP was studied for lambda-DNA (48.5 kbp) and the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA). Numerical simulations were adapted to the various tested geometries revealing excellent qualitative agreement with experimental observations for streaming and trapping DEP. Both the experimental and simulation results indicate that DC iDEP trapping for lambda-DNA occurs with tailored nanoposts fabricated via FIBM. Moreover, streaming iDEP concentration of BSA is improved with integrated nanopost arrays by a factor of 45 compared to microfabricated arrays. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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