Particle/Cell Manipulation

Microfluidic systems

Particle/cell manipulation devices represent one of the major microfluidic building blocks required for “lab-on-a-chip” or micro total analysis systems. These terms refer to systems comprising full laboratory processes reduced in size to a single chip device. Such scaling down of chemical and biological processes offers significant analytical and sensitivity improvements as well as reduced reagent usage, increased automation and reduced manufacture costs.

Some of the major objectives in particle/cell manipulation include: (i) sorting (size, density, etc.), (ii) assembly, (iii) concentration, (iv) dilution, (v) functionalisation, and (vi) better understanding of the mechanics.

Light manipulation

Optical nano manipulation

Evaporative self-assembly

Brownian studies

Cover slip fluidics

Float-sink selection

Acoustic organization