Title :
Design and evaluation of electrode for dielectrophoretic characterization of blood cells
Author :
Eguchi, Masanori ; Kuroki, Futoshi ; Imasato, Hiroko ; Yamakawa, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Fuzzy Logic Syst. Inst., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
Dielectrophoresis can be used to determine the dielectric properties of biological cells. In this paper, we present an electrode design for characterization of blood cells by measuring negative dielectrophoretic force. The negative dielectrophoretic force acting on glass beads in distilled water was measured by inclined gravity to evaluate the effectiveness of the designed electrode. The designed electrode generated the negative DEP force ranging from 0.21 pN to 1.89 pN with 20 Vpp, 1 MHz. The distribution of the dielectrophoretic force was consistent with the calculated results.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomedical electrodes; biomedical measurement; blood; cellular biophysics; electrophoresis; force measurement; biological cells; blood cells; dielectric properties; dielectrophoretic characterization; distilled water; electrode design; electrode evaluation; glass beads; inclined gravity; negative DEP force; negative dielectrophoretic force; Atmospheric measurements; Dielectrophoresis; Electrodes; Force measurement; Gravity; Particle measurements; Biosensors; Clinical diagnosis; Dielectrophoresis; Electric variables measurement; Microelectrodes;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS), 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/BIOWIRELESS.2015.7152120
