Issue 6, 2012
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Lab on a Chip

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability†

Jason P. Beech,*a   Stefan H. Holm,a   Karl Adolfssona  and  Jonas O. Tegenfeldtab  

* Corresponding authors

a Division of Solid State Physics, nmC@LU, Lund University, PO Box 118, Lund, Sweden
E-mail: jason.beech@ftf.lth.se
Fax: +46 (0)46 222 3637
Tel: +46 (0)46 2222 4956

b Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

While size has been widely used as a parameter in cellular separations, in this communication we show how shape and deformability, a mainly untapped source of specificity in preparative and analytical microfluidic devices can be measured and used to separate cells.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2LC21083E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Nov 2011
Accepted
23 Jan 2012
First published
27 Jan 2012

Lab Chip, 2012,12, 1048-1051

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Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability

J. P. Beech, S. H. Holm, K. Adolfsson and J. O. Tegenfeldt, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1048 DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21083E

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