Journal
JALA
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 611-620Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2211068214560904
Keywords
electrokinetics; microfluidics; electrothermal flow; physiological fluid; point-of-care diagnostics
Funding
- NIH Health Director's New Innovator Award [DP2OD007161]
- NIAID [U01AI082457, R44A-I088756]
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Alternating current (AC) electrokinetics is a collection of processes for manipulating bulk fluid mass and embedded objects with AC electric fields. The ability of AC electrokinetics to implement the major microfluidic operations, such as pumping, mixing, concentration, and separation, makes it possible to develop integrated systems for clinical diagnostics in nontraditional health care settings. The high conductivity of physiological fluids presents new challenges and opportunities for AC electrokinetics-based diagnostic systems. In this review, AC electrokinetic phenomena in conductive physiological fluids are described followed by a review of the basic microfluidic operations and the recent biomedical applications of AC electrokinetics. The future prospects of AC electrokinetics for clinical diagnostics are presented.
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