Size-dependent trajectories of DNA macromolecules due to insulative dielectrophoresis in submicrometer-deep fluidic channels
| Autor: | Anton P. Markesteijn, Jerry Westerweel, O.M. Piciu, Andre Bossche, Yuval Garini, Ian T. Young, Gea Oswah Fatah Parikesit |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Materials science Computer simulation Microfluidics Biomedical Engineering Nanotechnology Dielectrophoresis Condensed Matter Physics Open-channel flow Electrophoresis Electrokinetic phenomena Colloid and Surface Chemistry Chemical physics Electric field General Materials Science Polarization (electrochemistry) Regular Articles |
| Zdroj: | Biomicrofluidics. 2(2) |
| ISSN: | 1932-1058 |
| Popis: | In this paper, we demonstrate for the first time that insulative dielectrophoresis can induce size-dependent trajectories of DNA macromolecules. We experimentally use lambda (48.5 kbp) and T4GT7 (165.6 kbp) DNA molecules flowing continuously around a sharp corner inside fluidic channels with a depth of 0.4 mum. Numerical simulation of the electrokinetic force distribution inside the channels is in qualitative agreement with our experimentally observed trajectories. We discuss a possible physical mechanism for the DNA polarization and dielectrophoresis inside confining channels, based on the observed dielectrophoresis responses due to different DNA sizes and various electric fields applied between the inlet and the outlet. The proposed physical mechanism indicates that further extensive investigations, both theoretically and experimentally, would be very useful to better elucidate the forces involved at DNA dielectrophoresis. When applied for size-based sorting of DNA molecules, our sorting method offers two major advantages compared to earlier attempts with insulative dielectrophoresis: Its continuous operation allows for high-throughput analysis, and it only requires electric field strengths as low as approximately 10 Vcm. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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