Microfluidic systems and devices for molecular capture, manipulation, and analysis

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PATENT NO 9915614
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13872013

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Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for molecular capture, manipulation, and analysis. In one aspect, a device to aggregate and characterize particles in a fluid includes an electrically insulative substrate including a channel to carry an electrically conducting fluid containing particles, electrodes located in the channel forming a nanoscale opening and including an insulating layer over their surface at the opening, a first circuit to apply a non-uniform ac electric field and a dc bias signal across the electrodes, in which the applied non-uniform ac electric field produces a positive dielectrophoretic force to aggregate the particles in a trapping region including the opening and adjacent region, a second circuit to detect changes in a dc current caused by at least some of the particles in the trapping region, and an optical device that directs a coherent light beam on the opening to determine Raman spectra of the particles in the trapping region.

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MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FUR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH40237 DÜSSELDORF

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chou, Chia-Fu Taipei, TW 11 251
Chu, Ming-Lee Taipei, TW 13 66
Erbe, Andreas Düsseldorf, DE 1 19
Leonardo, Lesser-Rojas Taipei, TW 1 19

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