Lab-on-a-display: Microparticles manipulation using liquid crystal display

Wonjae Choi, Sewhan Kim, Jin Jang, Je Kyun Park

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Abstract

We report a new microfluidic system, lab-on-a-display,' that microparticles can be manipulated by dielectrophoretic forces generated from the optoelectronic tweezers (OET) on a liquid crystal display (LCD). In this study, the lab-on-a-display is first realized by a conventional LCD module and an OET device including a ground layer, a liquid layer containing microparticles, and a photoconductive layer. When an AC bias voltage is applied between the photoconductive and the ground layers, the LCD makes an image and transmits it to the OET device. Consequently, the image forms virtual electrodes on the surface of photoconductive layer, which results in the electric field gradient to generate a dielectrophoretic force. The lab-on-a-display is successfully applied to the programmable manipulation of 45 μm polystyrene particles. Our lab-on-a-display platform may be potential for programmable particle manipulation or a bioprocessing unit including a cell separator and a bead-based immunoassay.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2006 International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology
Pages39-42
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Event2006 International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology - Okinawa, Japan
Duration: 9 May 200612 May 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2006 International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology

Conference

Conference2006 International Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOkinawa
Period9/05/0612/05/06

Keywords

  • Dielectrophoresis
  • Lab-on-a-display
  • Liquid crystal display (LCD)
  • Optoelectronic tweezers
  • Virtual electrode

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