System and method for rapid transport, high-stability parallel trapping and size-based sorting of nanoparticles enabled by electrohydrodynamics

Abstract

An electrohydrodynamic tweezer device and method of separating nano-sized particles in a sample. The electrohydrodynamic tweezer device includes a first electrode, a second electrode including a gold film and an array of microholes formed therein, a fluidic chamber between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a voltage source configured to generate an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the array of microholes results in an array of electrohydrodynamic potentials to trap nanoscale-sized particles on the gold film.

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