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Enhanced single-cell printing by acoustophoretic cell focusing #MMPMID25945135
Leibacher I; Schoendube J; Dual J; Zengerle R; Koltay P
Biomicrofluidics 2015[Mar]; 9 (2): ä PMID25945135show ga
Recent years have witnessed a strong trend towards analysis of single-cells. To access and handle single-cells, many new tools are needed and have partly been developed. Here, we present an improved version of a single-cell printer which is able to deliver individual single cells and beads encapsulated in free-flying picoliter droplets at a single-bead efficiency of 96% and with a throughput of more than 10 beads per minute. By integration of acoustophoretic focusing, the cells could be focused in x and y direction. This way, the cells were lined-up in front of a 40??m nozzle, where they were analyzed individually by an optical system prior to printing. In agreement with acoustic simulations, the focusing of 10??m beads and Raji cells has been achieved with an efficiency of 99% (beads) and 86% (Raji cells) to a 40??m wide center region in the 1?mm wide microfluidic channel. This enabled improved optical analysis and reduced bead losses. The loss of beads that ended up in the waste (because printing them as single beads arrangements could not be ensured) was reduced from 52%?±?6% to 28%?±?1%. The piezoelectric transducer employed for cell focusing could be positioned on an outer part of the device, which proves the acoustophoretic focusing to be versatile and adaptable.
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