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Seed particle-enabled acoustic trapping of bacteria and nanoparticles in continuous flow systems.

Hammarström, Björn LU ; Laurell, Thomas LU and Nilsson, Johan LU (2012) In Lab on a Chip 12(21). p.4296-4304
Abstract
Acoustic trapping of sub-micron particles can allow enrichment and purification of small-sized and low-abundance microorganisms. In this paper, we investigate the dependency of the ability to capture sub-micron particles on the particle concentration. Based on the findings, it is demonstrated that seed particles can be introduced to acoustic trapping, to enable capture of low-abundance sub-micron particles. Without using seed particles, continuous enrichment of 490 nm polystyrene particles is demonstrated in a rectangular capillary with a locally generated acoustic field at high particle concentrations, i.e. above 1% wt. Trapping of sub-micron particles at significantly lower concentrations was subsequently accomplished by seeding 10-12... (More)
Acoustic trapping of sub-micron particles can allow enrichment and purification of small-sized and low-abundance microorganisms. In this paper, we investigate the dependency of the ability to capture sub-micron particles on the particle concentration. Based on the findings, it is demonstrated that seed particles can be introduced to acoustic trapping, to enable capture of low-abundance sub-micron particles. Without using seed particles, continuous enrichment of 490 nm polystyrene particles is demonstrated in a rectangular capillary with a locally generated acoustic field at high particle concentrations, i.e. above 1% wt. Trapping of sub-micron particles at significantly lower concentrations was subsequently accomplished by seeding 10-12 micrometer-sized particles in the acoustic trap prior to the sub-micron particle capture. Furthermore, the new seeded-particle-aided acoustic trapping technique was employed for the continuous enrichment of bacteria (E. coli) with a capture efficiency of 95%. Finally, seed particle assisted acoustic trapping and enrichment is demonstrated for polymer-based particles down to 110 nm in diameter. (Less)
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10.1039/c2lc40697g
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  author       = {{Hammarström, Björn and Laurell, Thomas and Nilsson, Johan}},
  issn         = {{1473-0189}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{21}},
  pages        = {{4296--4304}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Lab on a Chip}},
  title        = {{Seed particle-enabled acoustic trapping of bacteria and nanoparticles in continuous flow systems.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2lc40697g}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/c2lc40697g}},
  volume       = {{12}},
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