Michael Pycraft Hughes 2000 Nanotechnology 11 124 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/11/2/314
Michael Pycraft Hughes
Show affiliationsThe phenomena of dielectrophoresis and electrorotation, collectively referred to as AC electrokinetics, have been used for many years to study, manipulate and separate particles on the cellular (1 µm or more) scale. However, the technique has much to offer the expanding field of nanotechnology, that is the precise manipulation of particles on the nanometre scale. In this paper we present the principles of AC electrokinetics for particle manipulation, review the current state of AC electrokinetic techniques for the manipulation of particles on the nanometre scale, and consider how these principles may be applied to nanotechnology.
82.45.Yz Nanostructured materials in electrochemistry
Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Issue 2 (June 2000)
Received 15 October 1999
Michael Pycraft Hughes 2000 Nanotechnology 11 124
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