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BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
卷 24, 期 12, 页码 3677-3682出版社
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.05.037
关键词
Three-dimensional focusing; Microchannel; Poiseuille flow; Red blood cell; Electrophoresis; Micro-PTV
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资金
- Korean Government (MOEHRD) [KRF-042020-070058]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2009-0094044, 과C6A1803] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
Three-dimensional (3D) focusing of particles in microchannels has been a long-standing issue in the design of biochemical/biomedical microdevices. Current microdevices for 3D cell or bioparticle focusing involve complex channel geometries in view of their fabrication because they require multiple layers and/or sheath flows. This paper proposes a simple method for 3D focusing of red blood cells (RBCs) in a single circular microcapillary, without any sheath flows, which is inspired from the fluid dynamics phenomenon in that a spherical particle lagging behind a Poiseuille flow migrates toward and along the channel axis. More explicitly, electrophoresis of RBCs superimposed on the pressure-driven flow is utilized to generate an RBC migration mode analogous to this phenomenon. A particle-tracking scheme with a sub-pixel resolution is implemented to spatially position red blood cells flowing through the channel, so that a probability density function (PDF) is constructed to evaluate the tightness of the cell focusing. Above a specific strength of the electric field, approximately 90% of the sheep RBCs laden in the flow are tightly focused within a beam diameter that is three times the cell dimension. Particle shape effect on the focusing is discussed by making comparisons between the RBCs and the spherical particles. The lateral migration velocity, predicted by an existing theoretical model, is in good agreement with the present experimental data. It is noteworthy that 3D focusing of non-spherical particles, such as RBCs, has been achieved in a circular microchannel, which is a significant improvement over previous focusing methodologies. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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