Issue 12, 2016

Dielectrophoretic applications for disease diagnostics using lab-on-a-chip platforms

Abstract

Dielectrophoresis is a powerful technique used to distinguish distinct cellular identities in heterogeneous cell populations and to monitor changes in the cell state without the need for biochemical tags, including live and dead cells. Recent studies in the past decade have indicated that dielectrophoresis can be used to discriminate the disease state of cells by exploring the differences in the dielectric polarizabilities of the cells. Factors controlling the dielectric polarizability are dependent on the conductivity and permittivity of the cell and the suspending medium, the cell morphology, the internal structure, and the electric double layer effects associated with the charges on the cell surface. Diseased cells, such as those associated with malaria, cancer, dengue, anthrax and human African trypanosomiasis, could be spatially trapped by positive dielectrophoresis or spatially separated from other healthy cells by negative dielectrophoretic forces. The aim of this review was to provide a better and deeper understanding on how dielectrophoresis can be utilized to manipulate diseased cells. This review compiles and compares the significant findings obtained by researchers in manipulating abnormal or unhealthy cells.

Graphical abstract: Dielectrophoretic applications for disease diagnostics using lab-on-a-chip platforms

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Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
15 Mar 2016
Accepted
28 Apr 2016
First published
29 Apr 2016

Lab Chip, 2016,16, 2148-2167

Dielectrophoretic applications for disease diagnostics using lab-on-a-chip platforms

E. O. Adekanmbi and S. K. Srivastava, Lab Chip, 2016, 16, 2148 DOI: 10.1039/C6LC00355A

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