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| Applications of dielectrophoresis in biotechnology |
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| Author(s): Pethig R, Markx GH |
| Source: TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY Volume: 15 Issue: 10 Pages: 426-432 Published: OCT 1997 |
| Times Cited: 131 References: 44 |
| Abstract: Recent progress in the development of microelectrode structures has led to new techniques for the dielectrophoretic characterization and sorting of cells, microorganisms and other bioparticles using nonuniform AC electric fields. These methods utilize differences in the dielectric polarizabilities of cells for their effectiveness, and factors controlling such properties include the conductivity and permittivity of membranes and any cell walls, electrical double layers associated with surface charges, cell morphologies, and internal structures. Applications of dielectrophoresis have included the selective spatial manipulation and separation of mixtures of bacteria, viable and unviable cells, cancerous and normal cells, and red and white blood cells. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Pethig, R (reprint author), UNIV COLL N WALES, INST MOL & BIOMOL ELECT, DEAN ST, BANGOR LL57 1UT, GWYNEDD WALES |
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1. UNIV MANCHESTER, INST SCI & TECHNOL, DEPT CHEM ENGN, MANCHESTER M60 1QD, LANCS ENGLAND |
| Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND OX5 1GB |
| Subject Category: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology |
| IDS Number: YA283 |
| ISSN: 0167-7799 |
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