Feasibility Study of Dielectrical Field-Flow Fractionation

Abstract The possible use of dielectrophoretic forces for the development of a new subtechnique of field-flow fractionation (FFF) termed dielectrical FFF is examined. Dielectrical FFF is based on the dielectrophoresis of neutral particles in the nonuniform electric field of an annular channel (or charged coaxial capacitor). The feasibility of the subtechnique is assessed by estimating the magnitudes of retention ratio R predicted from theory for select species representative of several classes of particle/fluid mixtures. Minimum attainable R values are calculated using estimates of the maximum electric field strengths applicable to the mixtures. Calculations show that. the dielectrophoretic force is strong enough to retain and separate ultrahigh-molecular-weight polymers and submicron-diameter particles dissolved or suspended in organic liquids of high dielectric constant Evidence suggests that pearl-chain formation may impose a fundamental limitation on particle retention at the inner cylinder of the ann...

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