Particle Separation by Dielectrophoresis

Overview

Journal Electrophoresis

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2002 Sep 5

PMID 12210248

Citations 130

Authors

Peter R C Gascoyne

Jody Vykoukal

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Abstract

The application of dielectrophoresis to particle discrimination, separation, and fractionation is reviewed, some advantages and disadvantages of currently available approaches are considered, and some caveats are noted.

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