Acoustic actuated fluorescence activated sorting of microparticles.
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Summary, in English
In this paper, we present a fluorescence activated sorter realized in a continuous flow microfluidic chip. Sorting is achieved by deflecting a focused particle stream with short acoustic bursts (2.5 ms), in a fluorescence activated configuration. The system utilizes two-dimensional acoustic pre-focusing, using a single actuation frequency, to position all particles in the same fluid velocity regime at flow rates up to 1.7 mL min(-1). Particles were sorted based on their fluorescence intensities at throughputs up to 150 particles s(-1). The highest purity reached was 80% when sorting at an average rate of 50 particles s(-1). The average recovery of a sort was 93.2 ± 2.6%. The presented system enables fluorescence activated cell sorting in a continuous flow microfluidic format that allows aseptic integration of downstream microfluidic functionalities, opening for medical and clinical applications.
Department/s
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Pages
1943-1950
Publication/Series
Lab on a Chip
Volume
14
Issue
11
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Topic
- Medical Laboratory and Measurements Technologies
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1473-0189