Issue 6, 2012

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability

Abstract

While size has been widely used as a parameter in cellular separations, in this communication we show how shape and deformability, a mainly untapped source of specificity in preparative and analytical microfluidic devices can be measured and used to separate cells.

Graphical abstract: Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Nov 2011
Accepted
23 Jan 2012
First published
27 Jan 2012

Lab Chip, 2012,12, 1048-1051

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability

J. P. Beech, S. H. Holm, K. Adolfsson and J. O. Tegenfeldt, Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 1048 DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21083E

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