@inproceedings{f91a8c869c1547cca650b8dafa39115d,
title = "Mathematical model of microfluidic devices employing dielectrophoresis for 3d-focusing",
abstract = "The mathematical model of a dielectrophoresis based microfluidic device for 3D-focusing of micro-scale entities is presented in the article. The electrode configuration consists of multiple finite sized planar electrodes located on both sides of the top and bottom surfaces of the microchannel. The model accounts for forces associated with inertia, buoyancy, gravity, and dielectrophoresis. According to the model, the proposed electrode configuration can achieve 3D-focusing. In addition, the model demonstrates that the radius of micro-scale entity, volumetric flow rate, and initial locations do not have any influence on the focusing. However, focusing is influenced by the applied electric voltage. The fact that the micro-scale entity size and initial locations as well as volumetric flowrate do not influence focusing is a merit of the proposed microfluidic device.",
keywords = "dielectrophoresis, focusing, micro-scale entity, microchannel, microfluidics",
author = "Salini Ramesh and Fadi Alnaimat and Ali Hilal-Alnaqbi and Saud Khashan and Anas Alazzam and Bobby Mathew",
note = "Funding Information: Authors acknowledge the support for this work from United Arab Emirates University through a start-up grant (grant \# 31N264) Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 14th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2019 ; Conference date: 11-04-2019 Through 14-04-2019",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1109/NEMS.2019.8915593",
language = "British English",
series = "Proceedings of the 14th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2019",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "187--191",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 14th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2019",
address = "United States",
}