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Figure 3. The DEP spectrum <strong>of</strong> cylindrical <strong>and</strong> spherical particles with conductivities <strong>of</strong> 1000 S/m<br />

<strong>and</strong> 1 S/m. The calculation was based on comparable particle size <strong>and</strong> relative permittvities.<br />

Figure 4. Design <strong>of</strong> the DEP platform. (A): top overview <strong>of</strong> the DEP platform; (B): the arrays <strong>of</strong><br />

micro electrode gap; <strong>and</strong> (C): the close view <strong>of</strong> a gap section.<br />

The 10 μm gap was chosen because it was less likely to be damaged when high potential AC<br />

voltages were applied. The purpose to separate each gap by 100 μm is to maximize the difference<br />

between strong field <strong>and</strong> weak field regions, in order to clearly distinguish between positive <strong>and</strong><br />

negative DEP behaviours. It also provides enough space for polystyrene microparticles to have<br />

constant motions without colliding with the MWCNTs trapped in the gap. The distance between arrays<br />

was designed to be 260 μm to minimize the field interference between arrays. Similar designs have<br />

been extensively used in aligning <strong>and</strong> assembling <strong>of</strong> nanowires [37, 43, 44] for micro <strong>and</strong> nano<br />

electronics applications.<br />

The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method is applied to estimate the performance <strong>of</strong> the<br />

DEP system. The CFD method enables us to analyse the distributions <strong>of</strong> the electric potential as well<br />

as the electric field that are generated by the applied signals around electrodes.<br />

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