Method and device for micro particles positioning in field cages
AssigneeEvotec OAI AG
InventorGünter Fuhr
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Abstract
In a method for positioning or controlling the motion of an object in a multi-electrode arrangement for forming a field cage, the basic potentials for driving the electrodes are modulated with drive potentials in such a way that the object position in the field cage changes in relation to a predetermined position or path. A device for arranging objects at predetermined positions in a multi-electrode arrangement has a switching device by which basic potentials, produced by generator means, can be modulated according to predetermined drive potentials (FIG. 1).
Claims10
A method for moving at least one dielectric particle in a fluidic microsystem, said fluidic microsystem comprising fluid containing said dielectric particle and also an electrode arrangement with a plurality of electrodes to which basic electric high frequency potentials are applied for influencing positive and negative charges in the particle by subjecting the particle to polarization forces and for forming a field cage with at least one field minimum at a predetermined position, thereby moving the particle, the method comprising:
- controlling at least one electrode for modulating at least one of the basic potentials by at least one drive potential in such a way that the position of an actual field minimum, where the particle in the field cage is located, changes in relation to the predetermined position.
A fluidic microsystem comprising:
- an electrode arrangement including a plurality of electrodes, adapted to form a field cage for at least one dielectric particle by the influence of electric polarization forces, said field cage including at least one field minimum;
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- generator means, including a switching device, for applying basic electric high-frequency potentials to the electrodes and for modulating at least one of the basic potentials according to at least one predetermined drive potential, wherein a fluid can be filled or can flow between the electrodes of the electrode arrangement.
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