Patent ID: 8293087
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B03C,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for manipulating N particles using electric field angle and dielectrophoretic forces generated by an array of at least 4N+1 electrodes, comprising the steps of a programmed controller calculating constraints on electrode voltages to be applied to said at least 4N+1 electrodes as a function of angle of the electric field and induced dielectrophoretic force of each particle and applying a set of electrode voltages within the calculated constraints to said at least 4N+1 electrodes, wherein the positions and velocities of the N particles are manipulated by said set of electrode voltages applied to the at least 4N+1 electrodes, wherein the N particles are arbitrarily moved and oriented and/or particle drift of the N particles is countered through application of the electric field to the N particles by the 4N+1 electrodes, and wherein N is a positive integer.