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  • Title: Dielectrophoretic choking phenomenon of a deformable particle in a converging-diverging microchannel.
    Author: Zhou T, Ge J, Shi L, Fan J, Liu Z, Woo Joo S.
    Journal: Electrophoresis; 2018 Feb; 39(4):590-596. PubMed ID: 29193170.
    Abstract:
    The translational motion of small particles in an electrokinetic fluid flow through a constriction can be enhanced by an increase of the applied electric potential. Beyond a critical potential, however, the negative dielectrophoresis (DEP) can overpower other forces to prevent particles that are even smaller than the constriction from passing through the constriction. This DEP choking phenomenon was studied previously for rigid particles. Here, the DEP choking phenomenon is revisited for deformable particles, which are ubiquitous in many biomedical applications. Particle deformability is measured by the particle shear modulus, and the choking conditions are reported through a parametric study that includes the channel geometry, external electric potential, and particle zeta potential. The study was carried out using a numerical model based on an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerican (ALE) finite-element method.
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