Characterizing the Switching Thresholds of Magnetophoretic Transistors.
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SUBMITTER: Abedini-Nassab R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4642725 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Characterizing the Switching Thresholds of Magnetophoretic Transistors.
Abedini-Nassab Roozbeh R Joh Daniel Y DY Van Heest Melissa A MA Yi John S JS Baker Cody C Taherifard Zohreh Z Margolis David M DM Garcia J Victor JV Chilkoti Ashutosh A Murdoch David M DM Yellen Benjamin B BB
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 20150909 40
The switching thresholds of magnetophoretic transistors for sorting cells in microfluidic environments are characterized. The transistor operating conditions require short 20-30 mA pulses of electrical current. By demonstrating both attractive and repulsive transistor modes, a single transistor architecture is used to implement the full write cycle for importing and exporting single cells in specified array sites. ...[more]
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