title: Continuous separation principles using external microaction forces.
abstract: During the past decade, methods for the continuous separation of microparticles with microaction forces have rapidly advanced. Various action forces have been used in designs of both microchannel and capillary continuous separation systems, which depend on properties such as conductivity, permittivity, absorptivity, refractive index, magnetic susceptibility, and compressibility. Particle migration velocity has been used to characterize the particles. Biological cells have been the most interesting targets of these continuous separation methods.
authors.affiliation: Institute for NanoScience Design, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan. watarai@chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watarai
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D008863:Microspheres; D010316:Particle Size