Table 2.

Flow rate independency of 2-way sorting at 80–100 Hz using one and two electrode pairs (as determined by analyzing high-speed movies; Fig. 1D)

Number of powered electrode pairs	Relative flow rates (waste/collection channel)	Efficiencya [%]
One	50 : 50	0
	60 : 40	0
	65 : 35	0
	75 : 25	3.4
	78 : 22	41.5
	80 : 20	99.4
	85 : 15	100
	90 : 10	1.1
Two	11 : 89	0
	20 : 80	17.2
	25 : 75	53.3
	30 : 70	90.7
	40 : 60	100
	50 : 50	100
	60 : 40	100
	70 : 30	100
	72 : 28	85.5
	75 : 25	0.6
	80 : 20	0

^aOn average, more than 380 sorting events were analyzed for each data point shown in Fig. 1D.