• DocumentCode
    2558380
  • Title

    Bacteria detection in a microfluidic channel utilizing electromagnetic cellular polarization and optical scattering

  • Author

    Choi, Jae-Woo ; Pu, Allen ; Psaltis, Demetri

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    0
  • fDate
    0-0 0
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    18
  • Abstract
    A bacterial detection scheme based on aligning the bacteria with an electric field and detecting the optical scattering is examined. This method uses no biochemical markers and can be applied in a point-of-care setting
  • Keywords
    biological techniques; cellular biophysics; light polarisation; light scattering; microfluidics; microorganisms; bacteria detection; electromagnetic cellular polarization; microfluidic channel; optical scattering; Bonding; Electrodes; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Glass; Microfluidics; Microorganisms; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
  • Conference_Location
    Quebec City, Que.
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0090-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1693959
  • Filename
    1693959