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Microfluidic Isolation and Enrichment of Nanoparticles
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Microfluidic Isolation and Enrichment of Nanoparticles

Yuliang Xie, Joseph Rufo, Ruoyu Zhong, Joseph Rich, Peng Li, Kam W Leong and Tony Jun Huang
ACS nano, Vol.14(12), pp.16220-16240
12/22/2020
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06336
PMID: 33252215
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/8164652View
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Abstract

Over the past decades, nanoparticles have increased in implementation to a variety of applications ranging from high-efficiency electronics to targeted drug delivery. Recently, microfluidic techniques have become an important tool to isolate and enrich populations of nanoparticles with uniform properties ( e.g. , size, shape, charge) due to their precision, versatility, and scalability. However, due to the large number of microfluidic techniques available, it can be challenging to identify the most suitable approach for isolating or enriching a nanoparticle of interest. In this review article, we survey microfluidic methods for nanoparticle isolation and enrichment based on their underlying mechanisms, including acoustofluidics, dielectrophoresis, filtration, deterministic lateral displacement, inertial microfluidics, optofluidics, electrophoresis, and affinity-based methods. We discuss the principles, applications, advantages, and limitations of each method. We also provide comparisons with bulk methods, perspectives for future developments and commercialization, and next-generation applications in chemistry, biology, and medicine.
enrichment microfiltration nanoparticles optofluidics inertial microfluidics deterministic lateral displacement dielectrophoresis isolation acoustofluidics microfluidics

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