Electromanipulation is a micro-material analyzing method mostly used for manipulations of biological cells that uses properties of diverse electric fields.
Types of Electronmanipulation includes dielectrophoresis, electro-rotation, electro-deformation, electro-disruption, electro-destruction, electroporation, and electro-fusion.
Although predominantly used in cells, electromanipulation also contributes to other scientific fields such as Hybridoma technology and nanoelectronic device development.
[2] Electric field applied: AC oscillating Purpose: deformation; compare viscoelastic and power-law properties of cells Condition: suspension media of low electrical conductivity Theory: ED controls and deforms cells that being attracted to the edge of the electrode edge(by DEP) by increasing AC potential[2] Electric field applied: pulsed Purpose: disruption of subcellular structures Condition: non-uniform electric field Theory: ED performs electromanipulation inside a cell which has compromised cytoskeletons and a detached nuclei.
In late 20th century, cellular electromanipulation techniques was developed based on the discovery of later discovered reversible membrane breakdown.
This multilayer micro-electrode structure is designed for selective manipulation and separation of bioparticles using traveling field dielectrophoresis.
It also plays an important role as an integral component contributing to the "biofactory on a chip" technology.
DEP force aligns the SCO nanorods with the direction of electric field applied.
[6] Electromanipulation of droplets refers to using electric fields to move or shape small quantities of liquids.
By conducting numerous experiments, an equation which describes the deformation of liquid drop can be summarized.