manipulation – TechConnect Briefs

Microfluidic manipulation of Caenorhabditis elegans using acoustic radiation forces

Yu G., Chen X., Xu J., Washington State University, US

The ability to precisely trap, transport and manipulate micrometer-sized objects is very important in microfluidic applications. Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is one of the most commonly used animals in biological and medical research due to [...]

Simulation of Virtual Nanoparticle tracking using calculated forces for an Atomic Force Microscope and Optical Tweezers

Dwivedi S.N., Kode S., Ikonomov P.G., Universtiy of Louisiana, Lafayette, US

Nanomanufacturing necessitates manipulation of nanoparticles in order to build functional three dimensional structures. Manipulation of nanoparticles takes place in microenvironments where it is not practical for the user to manually interact with the nanoparticles. So [...]

Criterion for Electrostatic Detachment of an Adhering Microparticle

Saito S., Himeno H., Takahashi K., Onzawa T., Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP

During micromanipulation, the influence of gravitational force becomes extremely small. The adhesional force is more significant for smaller objects. An adhered object can be detached by electrostatic interaction. In our earlier study, the electrostatic force [...]

Introduction of Micro-Manipulation by Adhesional Force and Dielectric Force

Takahashi K., An Y., Saito S., OnzawaTadao T., Tokyo Institute of Technology, JP

This paper reports the manipulation by both adhesional force and Coulomb force. Applicability of this method is discussed evaluating both of the forces theoretically and experimentally. Adhesional force can be used as attractive force in [...]