Correction: Antibody-coated microstructures for selective isolation of immune cells in blood.

Correction for 'Antibody-coated microstructures for selective isolation of immune cells in blood' by Jiyu Li , , 2020, , 1072-1082, DOI: 10.1039/D0LC00078G.

Bacteria and cancer cell pearl chain under dielectrophoresis.

In this work, we aim to observe and study the physics of bacteria and cancer cells pearl chain formation under dielectrophoresis (DEP). Experimentally, we visualized the formation of Bacillus subtilis bacterial pearl chain and human breast cancer cell (MCF-7) chain under positive and negative dielectrophoretic force, respectively. Through a simple simulation with creeping flow, AC/DC electric fields, and particle tracing modules in COMSOL, we examined the mechanism by which bacteria self-organize into a pearl chain across the gap between two electrodes via DEP.

Antibody-coated microstructures for selective isolation of immune cells in blood.

Cell isolation from blood is an important process for diagnosing immune diseases. There are still demands for a user-friendly approach to achieve high cell extraction efficiency and purity of a target immune cell subtype for more promising diagnosis and monitoring. For selective immune cell isolation, we developed a microstructured device, which consists of antibody-coated micropillars and micro-sieve arrays, for isolating a target immune cell subtype from bovine blood samples.