Project

Microfluidic electro-optical chip for particle manipulation and bio-molecule detection

Code

178IR0611

Duration

01 October 2010 → 05 January 2016

Funding

Regional and community funding: IWT/VLAIO

Promotor

Kristiaan Neyts

Fellow

Toon Brans

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Nanophotonics
- Biosensors
- Other electrical and electronic engineering not elsewhere classified

Keywords

lab-on-a-chip optical tweezing electrophoresis Colloidal particle electrophoresis

Project description

This project aims at developing a novel technique to characterize nanoscale particles in a liquid. This technique involves the combination of optical tweezing with single particle electrophoresis. This novel combination has recently proved its sensitivity and accuracy. In a final stage, the technique will be miniaturized on-chip, resulting in a fully integrated microchip for single particle analysis. With this chip, the specific binding of biomolecules will be monitored.