基于磁泳的生物分离分析技术

利用磁场诱导的微粒运动即磁泳对磁响应性粒子进行精细分离，是近年来发展起来的选择性分离细胞和高分子量核酸的有效技术。本文在阐明磁泳分离原理的基础上，介绍了磁泳分离的分流薄层分级技术、四极磁场流动分离技术和微芯片上的自由流磁泳分离技术的装置构造、工作原理及其在生物分离分析中的应用。     

基于磁泳的生物分离分析技术

利用磁场诱导的微粒运动即磁泳对磁响应性粒子进行精细分离,是近年来发展起来的选择性分离细胞和高分子量核酸的有效技术。本文在阐明磁泳分离原理的基础上,介绍了磁泳分离的分流薄层分级技术、四极磁场流动分离技术和微芯片上的自由流磁泳分离技术的装置构造、工作原理及其在生物分离分析中的应用。     

Flow of an Anisotropic Dielectric Liquid in a Diverging Channel in a Strong Transverse Electric Field

A steady plane flow of an anisotropically polarizable liquid in a channel with nonparallel walls was considered. One of the walls was grounded, and the other was under a high electric potential. The polarization anisotropy was described in terms of a unit vector whose direction was determined by a relaxation equation. The dependence of the polarization of the liquid on the strength of the electric field and the anisotropy vector was specified using an equilibrium relation. Such a model can describe, for example, a suspension of anisotropically polarizable particles in a highly insulating liquid. The velocity, pressure, polarization, anisotropy vector, and electric field distributions in the liquid were determined and investigated. It was shown that, at some critical Reynolds number, backflows are initiated near the channel walls. The dependence of the critical Reynolds number on the diverging angle of the channel and on the properties of a liquid in a strong electric field was determined. The applied electric field increases the critical Reynolds number, which provides a means of controlling the regime of the considered flow using electrical methods.     

Determination of magnetic susceptibility of various ion-labeled red blood cells by means of analytical magnetapheresis

Analytical magnetapheresis is a newly developed technique for separating magnetically susceptible particles. The magnetically susceptible particles are deposited on a bottom plate after flowing through a thin (< 0.05 cm) separation channel under a magnetic field applied perpendicular to the flow. Particles with various magnetic susceptibilities can be selectively deposited and separated by adjusting the applying magnetic force and flow rates. Magnetic susceptibility is an important parameter for magnetic separation. Magnetic susceptibility determination of various ion-labeled red blood cells (RBCs) using analytical magnetapheresis with a simple theoretical treatment is reported in this study. Susceptibility determination is based on the balance between maximal channel flow rate and magnetically induced flow rate for deposition. We tried a new approach to determine particle magnetic susceptibilities using a balance of magnetic and drag forces to control magnetically induced particle velocities. The Er3+, Fe3+, Cu2+, Mn2+, Co2+, and Ni2+ ions were used to label RBC at various labeling concentrations for susceptibility determination. The susceptibilities determined for various ion-labeled RBC under two magnetic field intensities fell within a 10% range. The average viabilities of various ion-labeled RBCs were 96.1 +/- 0.8%. The susceptibility determination generally took less than 10 min. Determined susceptibilities from analytical magnetapheresis differed by 10% from reference measurements using a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer. The cost and time for analysis is much less using analytical magnetapheresis. This technique can provide a simple, fast, and economical way for particle susceptibility determinations.     

Control of particle assisted wetting by an external magnetic field

It is shown that repulsive particles can assist wetting of a water surface by an organic liquid even at a particle density substantially less than a close packed monolayer. By applying external fields, one can change the interparticle interactions from net attractive to net repulsive and thus induce a transition from nonwetting to wetting conditions. This was achieved by applying superparamagnetic polystyrene particles together with a polymerizable organic liquid (trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate) to a water surface in the middle of a solenoid. Passing a current through the solenoid created a magnetic field perpendicular to the interface that polarized the particles and induced repulsive dipole-dipole forces. Without the field, lenses of the organic liquid that included aggregates of particles floating on the water surface were observed. In the presence of the field, the organic liquid and the particles were evenly distributed across the surface. The interparticle distance increases proportional to the square root of the area per particle and is close to the value expected for hexagonal order.     

Nanoparticle deposition in granular filters at Reynolds numbers higher than unity

The influence of the inertia of a viscous incompressible liquid flow on the viscous drag and diffusion deposition of particles in model granular filters at Reynolds numbers higher than unity, Re > 1, has been considered. The granule drag forces and particle-collection efficiencies in isolated layers with square and hexagonal packings of granules have been calculated. The influence on each other of approaching monolayers of granules on pressure drop and nanoparticle deposition has been studied. It has been shown that, at Re > 1, the collection efficiency dramatically increases due to the effect of interception.     

Observation and modelling of barrel droplets on vertical fibres subjected to gravitational and drag forces

Extensive experimental investigation of the wetting processes of fibre/liquid systems during air filtration (when drag and gravitational forces are acting) has shown many important features, including droplet extension, oscillatory motion, and detachment or flow of drops from fibres as airflow velocity increases. A detailed experimental study of the aforementioned processes was conducted using glass filter fibres and H(2)O aerosol, which coalesce on the fibre to form barrel droplets with small contact angles. The droplets were predominantly observed in the Reynolds transition (or unsteady laminar) flow region. The droplet oscillation appears to be induced by the onset of vortexes in the flow field around the droplet as the increasing droplet size increases the Reynolds number. Flow in this region is usually modelled using the classical two-dimensional Karman vortex street, and there exist no 3D equivalents. Therefore to model such oscillation it was necessary to create a new conceptual model to account for the forces both inducing and inhibiting such oscillation. The agreement between the model and experimental results is acceptable for both the radial and transverse oscillations.     

Rheology and orientational distributions of rodlike particles with magnetic moment normal to the particle axis for semi-dense dispersions (analysis by means of mean field approximation)

We have considered a semi-dense dispersion composed of ferromagnetic rodlike particles with a magnetic moment normal to the particle axis to investigate the rheological properties and particle orientational distribution in a simple shear flow as well as an external magnetic field. We have adopted the mean field approximation to take into account magnetic particle-particle interactions. The basic equation of the orientational distribution function has been derived from the balance of the torques and solved numerically. The results obtained here are summarized as follows. For a very strong magnetic field, the magnetic moment of the rodlike particle is strongly restricted in the field direction, so that the particle points to directions normal to the flow direction (and also to the magnetic field direction). This characteristic of the particle orientational distribution is also valid for the case of a strong particle-particle interaction, as in the strong magnetic field case. To the contrary, for a weak interaction among particles, the particle orientational distribution is governed by a shear flow as well as an applied magnetic field. When the magnetic particle-particle interaction is strong under circumstances of an applied magnetic field, the magnetic moment has a tendency to incline to the magnetic field direction more strongly. This leads to the characteristic that the viscosity decreases with decreasing the distance between particles, and this tendency becomes more significant for a stronger particle-particle interaction. These characteristics concerning the viscosity are quite different from those for a semi-dense dispersion composed of rodlike particles with a magnetic moment along the particle direction.     

Passive and Active Mixing in Microfluidic Devices

In microfluidics the Reynolds number is small, preventing turbulence as a tool for mixing, while diffusion is that slow that time does not yield an alternative. Mixing in microfluidics therefore must rely on chaotic advection, as well-known from polymer technology practice where on macroscale the high viscosity makes the Reynolds numbers low and diffusion slow. The mapping method is used to analyze and optimize mixing also in microfluidic devices. We investigate passive mixers like the staggered herringbone micromixer (SHM), the barrier embedded micromixer (BEM) and a three-dimensional serpentine channel (3D-SC). Active mixing is obtained via incorporating particles that introduce a hyperbolic flow in e.g. two dimensional serpentine channels. Magnetic beads chains-up in a flow after switching on a magnetic field. Rotating the field creates a physical rotor moving the flow field. The Mason number represents the ratio of viscous forces to the magnetic field strength and its value determines the fate of the rotor: a single, an alternating single and double, or a multiple part chain-rotor results. The type of rotor determines the mixing quality with best results in the alternating case where crossing streamlines introduce chaotic advection. Finally, an active mixing device is proposed that mimics the cilia in nature. The transverse flow induced by their motion indeed enhances mixing at the microscale.     

Stripping analysis of mercury(II) ionic solutions under magneto-hydrodynamic convection

Inorganic mercury(II) ions are ubiquitous contaminants of world water systems and thus their determination and removal from the environment are important. The effects of magnetic field on the stripping analysis of mercury(II) ionic solutions have been experimentally investigated. During the stripping analysis, a potential difference is applied across the working and reference electrodes positioned in the working sample and a current density transmits through the electrolyte solution. When the electrochemical cell is exposed to a magnetic field, provided by a permanent magnet, the interaction between the current density and the magnetic field induces Lorentz forces, which, in turn, induce fluid motion. The induced magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) convection enhances the ionic mass transport during the deposition and stripping steps, which leads to larger anodic current during the stripping step, thus obtaining higher detection sensitivity during the determination of the mercury(II) ions. The Hg2+ ionic solutions with concentrations ranging from 1 nM to 1 microM in the presence and absence of supporting electrolyte, 30 mM nitric acid (HNO 3) and 0.1 M potassium nitrate (KNO 3), under various magnetic flux densities (B=0,0.27,0.53, and 0.71 T) were measured with a linear sweep stripping voltammetry (LSSV) technique. The experimental results demonstrated that the stripping signals of the Hg2+ ions are enhanced, respectively, more than 10 and 30% in the absence and presence of the supporting electrolyte under a magnetic flux density B=0.71 T as compared to the cases in the absence of the magnetic field with all other identical conditions.     

Synthesis of magnetic noble metal (nano)particles

Noble metal particles can be made strongly ferromagnetic or diamagnetic provided that they are synthesized in a sufficiently strong magnetic field. Here we outline two synthesis methods that are fast, reproducible, and allow broad control over particle sizes ranging from nanometers to millimeters. From magnetometry and light spectroscopy, it appears that the cause of this anomalous magnetism is the surface anisotropy in the noble metal particles induced by the applied magnetic field. This work offers an elegant alternative to composite materials of noble metals and magnetic impurities.     

Effects of Various Forces on Particle Distribution and Thermal Features of Suspensions Containing Alumina Nanoparticles

The two-phase Euler-Lagrange method has been used in order to investigate the effects of various forces on particle distribution and thermal characteristics of the water-based Al₂O₃ nanofluid flow inside a pipe under uniform wall heat flux. In the Euler-Lagrange approach, the particles are individually tracked in Lagrangian frame, while the fluid is evaluated in Eulerian frame. Brownian, thermophoretic, drag, lift, and virtual mass forces have been considered. Moreover, experimental data from various researchers were used to analyze the results. Concentration distribution is nonuniform at cross section of the pipe which increasing each parameters of Reynolds number, mean concentration and particles size will intensify its nonuniformity. This nonuniformity will make velocity profile flatter. The Brownian force makes the particle distribution more uniform, whereas the thermophoretic force enhances nonuniformity of the particle distribution. The effects of not considering the Brownian and thermophoretic forces on heat transfer are more significant for finer particles and higher concentrations. Furthermore, at lower Reynolds number, the Brownian force incorporates a more significant role especially in farther distances from entrance.      

Lateral separation of colloids or cells by dielectrophoresis augmented by AC electroosmosis

Colloidal particles and biological cells are patterned and separated laterally adjacent to a micropatterned electrode array by applying AC electric fields that are principally oriented normally to the electrode array. This is demonstrated for yeast cells, red blood cells, and colloidal polystyrene particles of different sizes and zeta-potentials. The separation mechanism is observed experimentally to depend on the applied field frequency and voltage. At high frequencies, particles position themselves in a manner that is consistent with dielectrophoresis, while at low frequencies, the positioning is explained in terms of a strong coupling between gravity, the vertical component of the dielectrophoretic force, and the Stokes drag on particles induced by AC electroosmotic flow. Compared to high frequency dielectrophoretic separations, the low frequency separations are faster and require lower applied voltages. Furthermore, the AC electroosmosis coupling with dielectrophoresis may enable cell separations that are not feasible based on dielectrophoresis alone.     

Magnetic field induced Freedericksz transition of a planar aligned liquid crystal doped with metalloporphyrins FeTPPCl, MnTPPCl and ZnTPP

We observed that the planar aligned nematic liquid crystal (5CB) doped with a volume fraction of 1% of FeTPPCl [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyriniron(III)chloride] or MnTPPCl [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinmanganese(III)chloride] dramatically decreased the critical magnetic field for the magnetic field induced Freedericksz transition, while 5CB doped with ZnTPP [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinzinc(II)] revealed no such effect, when compared with pure 5CB. In the guest-host (5CB) system, FeTPPCl and MnTPPCl as guests are both strong paramagnetic materials with an interaction through coordination of the -CN group in 5CB onto the metal ion of the porphyrin. As a result, the 5CB molecules are dragged to reorientate under a static magnetic field, while ZnTPP is a diamagnetic material without such a property. This phenomenon concerning magneto-optical components could be useful in liquid crystal displays.     

Magnetic field induced Freedericksz transition of a planar aligned liquid crystal doped with metalloporphyrins FeTPPCl,MnTPPCl and ZnTPP

We observed that the planar aligned nematic liquid crystal (5CB) doped with a volume fraction of 1% of FeTPPCl [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyriniron(III)chloride] or MnTPPCl [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinmanganese(III)chloride] dramatically decreased the critical magnetic field for the magnetic field induced Freedericksz transition, while 5CB doped with ZnTPP [5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinzinc(II)] revealed no such effect, when compared with pure 5CB. In the guest-host (5CB) system, FeTPPCl and MnTPPCl as guests are both strong paramagnetic materials with an interaction through coordination of the -CN group in 5CB onto the metal ion of the porphyrin. As a result, the 5CB molecules are dragged to reorientate under a static magnetic field, while ZnTPP is a diamagnetic material without such a property. This phenomenon concerning magneto-optical components could be useful in liquid crystal displays.     

Preparative continuous separation of biological particles by means of free-flow magnetophoresis in a free-flow electrophoresis chamber.

For sorting, cells or cellular components can specifically be labeled by antibody-coated magnetic beads. We have developed a device for continuous magnetic sorting based on the flow-chamber of a free-flow electrophoresis system. Magnetically labeled particles are injected into a given continuously flowing chamber buffer and pass an inhomogeneous magnetic field, configurated perpendicular to the flow direction. According to its magnetic moment, the magnetic material is deviated into the direction of the magnetic forces, while nonmagnetic material passes the field without interaction. The magnetic forces can be changed with the electrical current of the solenoids producing the magnetic field. As in the free-flow electrophoresis system, the particle fractions are collected in different vials. On-line control of the experiments can be performed by an optical scanning system. Experiments with model particles achieved a sorting purity of more than 99% at a rate of up to 5 X 10(8) particles per hour. In experiments with blood cells, a high enrichment of either B-or-T-lymphocytes was obtained. In contrast to free-flow electrophoresis, there is no limitation, in principle, regarding the type of chamber buffer to be used. This allows an optimal adaptation of the buffer conditions to the requirements of vital sorting. The preliminary results so far confirm this conclusion.     

Stability of 2-D colloidal particle aggregates held against flow stress in an ultrasound trap

The formation of a two-dimensional aggregate of 25 microm latex particles in a 1.5 MHz ultrasound standing wave (USW) field and its disintegration in a flow were studied. The aggregate was held in the pressure node plane, which allowed continuous microscope observation and video recording of the processes. The trajectories and velocities of the particles approaching the formation site were analyzed by particle image velocimetry (PIV). Since the direct radiation force on the particles dominated the drag due to acoustic streaming, the acoustic pressure profile in the vicinity of the aggregate was quantifiable. The drag coefficients D(coef) for 2- to 485-particle aggregates were estimated from the balance of the drag force FD and the buoyancy-corrected gravitational force during sedimentation on termination of the ultrasound when the long axis of the aggregate was in the vertical plane. D(coef) were calculated from FD as proportional to the aggregate velocity. Experiments on particle detachment by flow (in-plane velocity measured by PIV) from horizontal aggregates suspended in deionized water and CaCl2 solution of different concentrations showed that the mechanical strength of the aggregates depended on the acoustic pressure amplitude P0 and ionic strength of the solution. In deionized water the flow velocity required to detach the first single particle from an aggregate increased from 1 mm s-1 at P0 = 0.6 MPa to 4.2 mm s-1 at P0 = 1.4 MPa. The balance of forces acting on particles in a USW trap is discussed. The magnitude of the shear stress employed ( approximately 0.05 Pa) and separation forces suggests that this technique can be applied to studying the mechanical responses of cell aggregates to hydrodynamic flow, where cell-cell interaction can be separated from the effects of solid substrata.     

Numerical Analysis of 3‐D Flow Past a Stationary Sphere with Slip Condition at Low and Moderate Reynolds Numbers

Computations are performed to determine the steady 3‐D viscous fluid flow forces acting on the stationary spherical suspended particle at low and moderate Reynolds numbers in the range of 0.1≤Re≤200. A slip is supposed on the boundary so that the slip velocity becomes proportional to the shear stress. This model possesses a single parameter to account for the slip coefficient λ (Pa.s/m), which is made dimensionless and is called Trostel number (Tr=λ a/μ). Decreasing slip, increases drag in all Reynolds limits, but slip has smaller effects on drag coefficient at lower Reynolds number regimes. Increasing slip at known Reynolds number causes to delay of flow separation and inflect point creation in velocity profiles. At full slip conditions, shear drag coefficient will be zero and radial drag coefficient reaches to its maximum values. Flow around of sphere at full‐slip condition is not equal to potential flow around a sphere. Present numerical results corresponding to full slip (Tr→0) are in complete accord with certain results of flow around of inviscid bubbles, and the results corresponding to no‐slip (Tr→∞) have excellent agreement with the results predicted by the no‐slip boundary condition.     

Field induced phase segregation in ferrofluids

We study the phase segregation in magnetite ferrofluids under the influence of an external magnetic field. A phase with lower nanoparticle density and corresponding higher optical transmission is formed in the bottom of a glass cell in the presence of only a very modest magnetic field gradient (smaller than 25 T/m). The flux density in our magnetic configuration is simulated using finite element methods. Upon switching off the external magnetic field, the low-density phase develops into a 'bubble'-like feature. The kinetics of this 'bubble' in the absence and presence of a magnetic field are described and analyzed in terms of a simple model, which takes into account buoyancy and drag forces.     

Effect of conductive particles on the mechanical,electrical, and thermal properties of maleated polyethylene

Inclusion of conductive particles is a convenient way for the enhancement of electrical and thermal conductivities of polymers. However, improvement of the mechanical properties of such composites has remained a challenge. In this work, maleated polyethylene is proposed as a novel matrix for the production of conductive metal–thermoplastic composites with enhanced mechanical properties. The effects of two conductive particles (iron and aluminum) on the morphological, mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of maleated polyethylene were investigated. Morphological observations revealed that the matrix had excellent adhesion with both metal particles. Increase in particle concentration was shown to improve the tensile strength and modulus of the matrix significantly with iron being slightly more effective. Through‐plane electrical conductivity of maleated polyethylene was also substantially improved after adding iron particles, while percolation was observed at particle contents of around 20–30% vol. In the case of aluminum, no percolation was observed for particle contents of up to 50% vol., which was linked to the orientation of the particles in the in‐plane direction due to the squeezing flow. Inclusion of particles led to substantial increase (over 700%) in the thermal conductivities of both composites. The addition of high concentrations of metal particles to matrix led to the creation of two groups of materials: (i) composites with high electrical and thermal conductivities and (ii) composites with low electrical and high thermal conductivities. Such characteristics of the composites are expected to provide a unique opportunity for applications where a thermally conductive/electrically insulating material is desired. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.