基于图像处理的嵌入式介电电泳细胞检测装置设计

介电电泳细胞试验中,细胞旋转速度的检测一直是影响试验效率的重要因素;常规的人眼识别,工作效率低,单次检测细胞数量少,周期长,并不能满足目前高通量的细胞转速检测要求;因此,设计了一种应用环形窗模板匹配与特征点跟踪,实时检测介电电泳细胞运动参数的装置;重点论述了环形窗模板的匹配和特征点的标记匹配的理论算法;利用C++编程并移植到嵌入式设备中;装置测试结果表明,其静态图像处理能准确地分割各细胞单元,动态处理可有效匹配细胞特征点,检测所得的细胞旋转速度相对误差小于1%,满足设计指标要求。     

Tin oxide nanosensor fabrication using AC dielectrophoretic manipulation of nanobelts

Nanobelts are a new class of semiconducting metal oxide nanowires. The ribbon-like nanobelts are chemically pure and structurally uniform single crystals, with clean, sharp, smooth surfaces, and rectangular cross-sections. Positive and negative dielectrophoresis (DEP) was demonstrated for the first time on semiconducting oxide nanobelts. This effect was then used for the fabrication of a nanodevice, which consisted of SnO₂ nanobelts attached to castellated gold electrodes defined on a glass substrate, and covered by a microchannel. The SnO₂ nanobelts (width ∼ 100-300 nm, thickness ∼ 30-40 nm) were suspended in ethanol and introduced into the microchannel. An alternating (AC) voltage of ∼9.8 V peak to peak, with variable frequency, was applied between the electrodes (minimum electrode gap ∼ 20 μm), which corresponds to an average electric field strength of less than 2.5 × 10⁵ V/m. In the 10 Hz-1 kHz range, repulsion between the nanobelts and the electrodes occurred, while in the 1-10 MHz range, attraction was observed. Once the nanobelts touched the electrodes, those that were sufficiently long bridged the electrode gaps. The device was characterized and can potentially be used as a nanosensor.     

A Study of Deterministic Positioning of Carbon Nanotubes by Dielectrophoresis

A self-limiting dielectrophoresis technique, aimed at deterministically assembling individual or bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), is experimentally investigated. A limiting resistor is used to control the electric field after the deposition of a single carbon nanotube. The role of some key parameters such as voltage and duration of the deposition with and without the limiting resistor is studied.     

碳纳米管非对称接触结构制作及电学性能研究

实验研究了多根或单根单壁碳纳米管与非对称金属电极接触结构的制作方法。先用介电泳方法(DEP)将碳纳米管定向排列在Au电极对之间,再用电子束光刻(EBL)在碳纳米管的一端加工Al电极,获得多根碳纳米管与金铝电极的非对称接触结构。先用EBL在Au电极对一端覆盖Al电极,再用DEP排列碳纳米管,实现单根碳管与金铝电极的非对称接触结构。非对称结构器件的电学测试研究表明,器件的I-V曲线不再对称,呈现出整流特性。     

不同分散剂中碳纳米管的定向操控技术

利用介电电泳可以实现悬浮液中碳纳米管的定向操控．碳纳米管可以用表面活性剂和有机溶剂进行分散．对比了表面活性剂（十二烷基苯磺酸钠,黏滞系数为1.312mPa·s）和有机溶剂（二甲基甲酰胺,黏滞系数为0．802mPa·s）,发现表面活性剂悬浮液中碳纳米管的溶解和分散效果好于有机溶剂中的溶解和分散效果,能实现单根分散．根据介电电泳原理,悬浮液中的碳纳米管在外加电场诱导下产生极化从而被驱动;分析了表面活性剂悬浮液和有机溶剂中碳纳米管的定向效果,发现有机溶剂中碳纳米管的定向效果好于表面活性剂悬浮液中的效果,表面活性剂悬浮液的黏滞系数大是阻碍外加电场有效定向操控碳纳米管的原因．