Magnetic bead mixing in a microfluidic chamber induced by an in-plane rotating magnetic field

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Magnetic microbeads have been widely used for the capturing of biomarkers, as well as for microfluidic mixing for point-of-care diagnostics. In magnetic micromixing, microbead motion is generated by external electromagnets, inducing fluid kinetics, and consequently mixing. Here, we utilize an in-plane rotating magnetic field to induce magnetic bead mixing in a circular microfluidic chamber that allows better access with (optical) readout than for existing micromixing approaches. We analyze the magnetic bead dynamics, the induced fluid profiles and we quantify the mixing performance of the system. The rotating field causes the combination of (1) a global rotating flow counter to the external field rotation induced by magnetic particles moving along the chamber side wall, with (2) local flow perturbations induced by rotating magnetic bead clusters in the central area of the chamber, rotating in the same direction as the external field. This combination leads to efficient mixing performance within 2 min of actuated magnetic field. We integrate magnetic mushroom-shaped features around the circumference of the chamber to generate significantly higher global fluid velocities compared with the no-mushroom configuration, but this results in less efficient mixing due to the absence of the central rotating bead clusters. To validate and understand the experimental results and to predict further enhancement of mixing, we carry out numerical simulations of induced fluid profiles and their corresponding mixing indices, and we explore the additional effect of integrating geometrical structures. The micromixing method we introduce here is particularly suitable for microfluidic devices in which the biochemical assay happens in a microfluidic chamber under no-flow conditions, i.e., with initially stagnant fluids, and for which the time-to-result is critical, such as in point-of-care diagnostics.

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Shanko, E. S., van Buul, O., Wang, Y., van de Burgt, Y., Anderson, P., & den Toonder, J. (2022). Magnetic bead mixing in a microfluidic chamber induced by an in-plane rotating magnetic field. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-022-02523-5

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