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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Leeds
Formation and manipulation of two-dimensional arrays of micron-scale particles in microfluidic systems by surface acoustic waves
JEC-4: This paper, in collaboration with the School of Physics, demonstrates use of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) for contact-free particle concentration and manipulation, and led to our subsequent patented (GB1314533.9, priority 14/08/2013) work on remote SAW-induced dielectrophoretic particle manipulation. By combining these SAW techniques with our antibody-mimetic surface functionalization techniques (see CPW-2), we are now developing a tool for the enrichment of bone marrow stem cells with the Leeds Dental School. This work helped underpin Wood’s URF, an EPSRC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (EP/G032483, PI:Fisher, £4,886,149), and our EPSRC CDT in molecular-scale engineering (EP/J500124, PI:Davies, £1,999,639).