Miniaturized optoelectronic tweezers controlled by GaN micro-pixel light emitting diode arrays

Alicja Zarowna-Dabrowska, Steven L. Neale, David Massoubre, Jonathan McKendry, Bruce R. Rae, Robert K. Henderson, Mervyn J. Rose, Huabing Yin, Jonathan M. Cooper, Erdan Gu, Martin D. Dawson

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A novel, miniaturized optoelectronic tweezers (OET) system has been developed using a CMOS-controlled GaN micro-pixelated light emitting diode (LED) array as an integrated micro-light source. The micro-LED array offers spatio-temporal and intensity control of the emission pattern, enabling the creation of reconfigurable virtual electrodes to achieve OET. In order to analyse the mechanism responsible for particle manipulation in this OET system, the average particle velocity, electrical field and forces applied to the particles were characterized and simulated. The capability of this miniaturized OET system for manipulating and trapping multiple particles including polystyrene beads and live cells has been successfully demonstrated. (C)2011 Optical Society of America

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2720-2728
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume19
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jan 2011

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