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Published in final edited form as: Anal Chem. 2013 Dec 13;86(1):95–118. doi: 10.1021/ac403688g

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Cell sorting and assays. (a,b) Isodielectric separation of yeast deletion strains. Reprinted with permission from Vahey, M. D.; Quiros, P. L.; Svensson, J. P.; Samson, L. D.; Voldman, J. Lab Chip 2013, 13, 2754-2763. Copyright 2013 Lab Chip. (c) Inertial focusing of living cell clumps in microscale flow. Reprinted with permission from Hur, S. C.; Brinckerhoff, T. Z.; Walthers, C. M.; Dunn, J. C. Y.; Di, C. D. PLoS One 2012, 7, e46550. Copyright 2012 PLoS One. (d) Separation of viable (white) and nonviable (black) mammalian cells by piezoelectric actuation. Reproduced from Yang, A. H. J.; Soh, H. T. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 10756-10762. Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society. (e) Inertial focusing in rectangular vs. trapezoidal shaped channels. Reproduced from Wu, L.; Guan, G.; Hou, H. W.; Bhagat, A. A. S.; Han, J. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 9324-9331. Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society. (f) Target cells are identified and selectively transported into branch channels using optical tweezers. Reprinted with permission from Huang, K.-W.; Wu, Y.-C.; Lee, J.-A.; Chiou, P.-Y. Lab Chip 2013, 13, 3721-3727. Copyright 2013 Lab Chip. (g) CTC “nanovelcro”capture device using SiNW. Reprinted with permission from Lu, Y.-T.; Zhao, L.; Shen, Q.; Garcia, M. A.; Wu, D.; Hou, S.; Song, M.; Xu, X.; Ouyang, W.-H.; Ouyang, W. W. L.; Lichterman, J.; Luo, Z.; Xuan, X.; Huang, J.; Chung, L. W. K.; Rettig, M.; Tseng, H.-R.; Shao, C.; Posadas, E. M. Methods 2013. Copyright 2013 Methods. (h) A high aspect ratio channel (segment 1) was used to focus the molecules at their equilibrium positions then a low aspect ratio channel (segment 2) was used to focus the larger particles to the center of the channel. Reprinted with permission from Zhou, J.; Giridhar, P. V.; Kasper, S.; Papautsky, I. Lab Chip 2013, 13, 1919-1929. Copyright 2013 Lab Chip.