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Efficient Particle Separation in Microfluid Channel with Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Journal of Electromagnetic Analysis and Applications·Volume 11 (2019)·Pages 17–23·Published 28 February 2019·DOI10.4236/jemaa.2019.112002
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Abstract
In this paper, we combined magnetostatics and laminar flow in microfluidics and studied a particle separation scheme employing magnetophoretic force in inhomogeneous magnetic field. A detailed model and analysis is shown and the proposed scheme is capable of efficiently separating magnetic particles with different permeability and sizes. The method shows a way to separate efficient particles and could potentially be implemented in biological and chemical systems.
KeywordsParticle SeparationEfficient SeparationMicrofluid ChannelInhomogeneous Magnetic Field
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