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Biological Applications of Programmable Optoelectrofluidic Manipulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Je-Kyun Park
Je-Kyun Park*
Affiliation:
jekyun@kaist.ac.kr, KAIST, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, 335 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-701, Korea, Republic of, 82-42-350-4315, 82-42-350-4310
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Abstract

This paper presents a new programmable particle manipulation using a lab-on-a-display platform, which is a kind of optoelectrofluidic platform applying a liquid crystal display (LCD) as a display device for generating virtual electrodes in optoelectronic tweezers. The reconfigurable virtual electrodes in the lab-on-a-display are more advantageous than other devices which apply the micro-patterned electrodes, because we can freely control the size and position of electrodes as well as the voltage conditions, which affect the particle movements such as concentration and separation of particles. Due to its simple structures, cheap manufacturing costs, and high performances, this new LCD-based optoelectrofluidic platform can be applied to the interactive manipulation of polystyrene microspheres and blood cells. In addition, a method to discriminate normal oocytes for in vitro fertilization is demonstrated by combining the gravity effect with the optically induced positive dielectrophoresis (DEP). The discrimination performance can be enhanced due to the reduction of friction forces acting on the oocytes which are relatively large and heavy cells being affected by the gravity field. With the same device, we also demonstrate the size-dependent microparticle separation as well as the local concentration and assembly of microparticles originated from the image-driven AC electrokinetics such as DEP and AC electroosmosis. The particle movements result from the frequency-dependent behavior according to the particle diameter. This novel technique can be applied to rapidly concentrate, separate and pattern micro-/nanoparticles and biomolecules in many biological and chemical applications.

Keywords

optoelectronicbiologicalelectromigration
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1173: Symposium U – Electrofluidic Materials and Applications–Micro/Biofluidics, Electrowetting and Electrospinning , 2009 , 1173-U08-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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