Programmable Hybrid Integrated Circuit/Microfluidic Chips - Point-of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip - page 24

Tabl e 2. 1 Functions performed on integrated circuits for medical diagnostics

2 m r 3 CM .!/ E RMS

F DEP D 2 r (2.1)

c p

c m

D

CM .!/ Re (2.2)

c p C 2c m

where F DEP is the dielectrophoretic force, " m is the permittivity of the surrounding
medium, r is the particle's radius, CM is the Clausius-Mossotti factor, E is the