Saturday 17 May 2014

Manipulating cells on magnetic circuit boards

A circuit board of magnetic pathways has enable precise manipulation of magnetic particles and magnetic-nanoparticle-labeled cells in fluidic environments upon application of a rotating magnetic field.  The trajectory of particles was programmable with conducting lines integrated into the circuit board which allowed transportation of particles from one pathway to another. The device had a multiplexed design to facilitate massively parallel single cell operations such as cell sorting, experimentation and retrieval. 

Magnetophoretic circuits for digital control of single particles and cells; B. Lim et al, Nature Communications; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4846


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