Patent ID: 8641881
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B03C

Abstract:
1. A method of screening a condition for separating a target material from a sample solution by dielectrophoresis using an apparatus for separating a material or screening a material separating condition by dielectrophoresis, the method comprising: injecting the sample solution containing the target material into at least one inlet and inducing a fluidic flow from the inlet toward an outlet to generate a concentration gradient in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the fluid flows, in a material separating unit; generating a spatially nonhomogeneous electric field in the material separating unit by applying an alternating voltage from an alternating power supply between a plurality of electrodes to selectively delay the flow of the target material in the sample solution; and detecting the location of the target material which is flow-delayed using a detector wherein the apparatus comprises: