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Main Authors: de Jong, Flip, Diez-Silva, Pablo, Chen, Jui-Kai, Pérez-Peláez, Raúl, Seth, Sudipta, Balakrishnan, Harishankar, Shih, Bing-Yang, Fransen, Senne, Van Roy, Wim, Rosmeulen, Maarten, Nonell, Santi, Rocha, Susana, Klymchenko, Andrey, Liz-Marzán, Luis, Bresolí-Obach, Roger, Marqués, Manuel I., Hofkens, Johan, Buscalioni, Rafael Delgado, Louis, Boris
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23839
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author de Jong, Flip
Diez-Silva, Pablo
Chen, Jui-Kai
Pérez-Peláez, Raúl
Seth, Sudipta
Balakrishnan, Harishankar
Shih, Bing-Yang
Fransen, Senne
Van Roy, Wim
Rosmeulen, Maarten
Nonell, Santi
Rocha, Susana
Klymchenko, Andrey
Liz-Marzán, Luis
Bresolí-Obach, Roger
Marqués, Manuel I.
Hofkens, Johan
Buscalioni, Rafael Delgado
Louis, Boris
author_facet de Jong, Flip
Diez-Silva, Pablo
Chen, Jui-Kai
Pérez-Peláez, Raúl
Seth, Sudipta
Balakrishnan, Harishankar
Shih, Bing-Yang
Fransen, Senne
Van Roy, Wim
Rosmeulen, Maarten
Nonell, Santi
Rocha, Susana
Klymchenko, Andrey
Liz-Marzán, Luis
Bresolí-Obach, Roger
Marqués, Manuel I.
Hofkens, Johan
Buscalioni, Rafael Delgado
Louis, Boris
contents Sorting, filtering, moving and controlling colloidal particles is crucial in many fields, ranging from chemistry to biology and physics. Dielectrophoresis is an outstanding tool for the manipulation of small particles by AC electric fields, due to its high selectivity and the absence of the need for labels. We use a new theoretical-experimental approach to study the dynamics of fluorescently labeled polystyrene nanoparticles of 200 nm under positive and negative dielectrophoresis conditions. Our multiplane widefield microscopy technique combined with single particle tracking offers real-time ($>$ 100 fps) superresolved visualization of colloidal dynamics in three spatial dimensions. This real-time 3D imaging technique allows the reconstruction of superresolved trajectories, enabling the visualisation of local forces with unprecedented detail. To interpret this data, a dedicated multiscale modeling approach was developed, targeting a direct comparison between theory and experiment. In the current model DEP and electro-osmotic forces were considered. Under positive DEP conditions, this resulted in a very good agreement with experiment. Under negative DEP conditions, the agreement is less clear, indicating the importance of other effects. This illustrates the potential of this combined 3D imaging and modeling approach to validate and refine our theoretical understanding of AC field induced colloidal dynamics. This framework is broadly applicable to other complex fluid or microfluidic motion.
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spellingShingle Three-dimensional Optical Reconstruction of colloidal electrokinetics via multiplane imaging
de Jong, Flip
Diez-Silva, Pablo
Chen, Jui-Kai
Pérez-Peláez, Raúl
Seth, Sudipta
Balakrishnan, Harishankar
Shih, Bing-Yang
Fransen, Senne
Van Roy, Wim
Rosmeulen, Maarten
Nonell, Santi
Rocha, Susana
Klymchenko, Andrey
Liz-Marzán, Luis
Bresolí-Obach, Roger
Marqués, Manuel I.
Hofkens, Johan
Buscalioni, Rafael Delgado
Louis, Boris
Soft Condensed Matter
70-05(primary), 76-05(primary), 78-05(primary)
Sorting, filtering, moving and controlling colloidal particles is crucial in many fields, ranging from chemistry to biology and physics. Dielectrophoresis is an outstanding tool for the manipulation of small particles by AC electric fields, due to its high selectivity and the absence of the need for labels. We use a new theoretical-experimental approach to study the dynamics of fluorescently labeled polystyrene nanoparticles of 200 nm under positive and negative dielectrophoresis conditions. Our multiplane widefield microscopy technique combined with single particle tracking offers real-time ($>$ 100 fps) superresolved visualization of colloidal dynamics in three spatial dimensions. This real-time 3D imaging technique allows the reconstruction of superresolved trajectories, enabling the visualisation of local forces with unprecedented detail. To interpret this data, a dedicated multiscale modeling approach was developed, targeting a direct comparison between theory and experiment. In the current model DEP and electro-osmotic forces were considered. Under positive DEP conditions, this resulted in a very good agreement with experiment. Under negative DEP conditions, the agreement is less clear, indicating the importance of other effects. This illustrates the potential of this combined 3D imaging and modeling approach to validate and refine our theoretical understanding of AC field induced colloidal dynamics. This framework is broadly applicable to other complex fluid or microfluidic motion.
title Three-dimensional Optical Reconstruction of colloidal electrokinetics via multiplane imaging
topic Soft Condensed Matter
70-05(primary), 76-05(primary), 78-05(primary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23839