Hydrodynamic trapping of a particle or cluster of particles based on contact and non-contact approaches has brought prominent insights to micro-nano scale applications. Of the non-contact methods, image-based real-time control in cross-slot microfluidic devices is one of the most promising potential platform for single cellular assays. Here, we report results from experiments conducted in two cross-slot microfluidic channels of different widths, with varying real-time delay of the control algorithm and different magnification. Sustained trapping of 5 μm diameter particles was achieved with high strain rates, of order 10 s, higher than in any previous studies. Our experiments show that the maximum attainable strain rate is a function of the real-time delay of the control algorithm and the particle resolution (pixel/μm). Therefore, we anticipate that with further reduced time delays and enhanced particle resolution, considerably higher strain rates can be attained, opening the platform to single cellular assay studies where very high strain rates are required.
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