A Tunable Microfluidic Device for Drug Delivery

Reverse Insulator Dielectrophoresis: Utilizing Droplet Microenvironments for Discerning Molecular Expressions on Cell Surfaces

“…The non-uniform electric field shaped within each droplet can be used for dielectrophoretic characterizations. Before adding complex particles/cells into a system, many researchers benchmarked new dielectrophoretic devices using polystyrene beads [103][104][105][106][107][108]. Prior Minerick lab research explored the dielectrophoretic behavior of 6 µm polystyrene beads and experimentally quantified the DEP response of all eight blood types (A+, B+, AB+, O+, A-, B-, AB-, and O-).…”

“…Electrokinetics are discussed further in the following sections on dielectrophoresis and insulator dielectrophoresis. [103][104][105][106][107][108][109]. Polystyrene beads are highly uniform, behave ideally in many systems, and come in a large variety of sizes.…”

“…Polystyrene bead and human red blood cell (RBC) dielectrophoretic responses were used to explore the novel riDEP technique described herein. Before adding complex particles/cells into a system, many researchers benchmark new dielectrophoretic devices using polystyrene beads [103][104][105][106][107][108][109]. Polystyrene beads are highly uniform, behave ideally in many systems, and can be synthesized in various sizes.…”

Semester-long Concept Development Projects in Chemical Engineering Electives Course

“…During the first implementation, reports were extremely weak and the information presented was not accessible to a reader other than the instructor. During the second offering of the course, one of the 3 reports was suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal and was later published as a book chapter 18 . After this third course offering, three of the 4 teams produced manuscripts viable or nearly viable for submission for peer-review, although only two of the teams have pursued this opportunity.…”