Conference Organizers
Stuart J. Williams
University of Louisville
stuart dot williams at louisville dot edu
Soumya Srivastava
West Virginia University
soumya dot srivastava at mail dot wvu dot edu
Alex Hyler
CytoRecovery
ahyler at cytorecovery dot com
Dielectrophoresis Conference Series Organizing Committee
Tayloria Adams, Robbyn Anand, Federica Caselli, Jonathan Cottet,
Rafael Davalos,
Lisa Flanagan,
Pablo Garcia-Sanchez,
Nicolas Green,
Carlotta Guiducci,
Mark Hayes,
Erin Henslee,
Ralph Hölzel,
Mike Hughes,
Stuart Ibsen,
Fatima Labeed,
Blanca Lapizco-Encinas,
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte,
Adrienne Minerick,
Georg Pesch,
Antonio Ramos,
Riccardo Reale,
Alexandra Ros,
Nathan Swami,
Stuart Williams,
Gilad Yossifon
Special Issue in Biomicrofluidics
Biomicrofluidics is an international journal focusing on fundamental and applied research across all areas pertaining to micro/nanoscale transport phenomena and micro/nanofluidics. Learn more about Biomicrofluidics here.
We are coordinating with the journal Biomicrofluidics to organize a special issue of publications highlighting work featured at DEP2026! Any information regarding this Collection will be posted here.
Biomicrofluidics Journal
What is dielectrophoresis (DEP)?
Dielectrophoresis is the movement of dielectric particles when exposed to a non-uniform electric field. This phenomenon is typically utlized at the microscale where significant electric fields (> 106 V/m) can be created using moderate voltages applied to micrometer-patterned electrodes. Advances in microfabrication technologies and microfluidics has enabled DEP to be applied to a variety of fields.
DEP has been used to manipulate marine phytoplankton, lunar dust, gold nanoparticles, red blood cells, bacteria, gold nanoparticles, and much more! Applied forces are dependend on the electrical properties (permittivity, conductivity) of the medium and the particle. Other electrokinetic effects may also occur, including Joule heating and electrohydrodynamics.
DEP has been studied for decades and there are many resources available to learn more about DEP and microscale electrokinetics:
- Dielectrophoresis: Theory, Methodology and Biological Applications textbook by Ronald Pethig (2017) [link]
- "Introduction to Dielectrophoresis" YouTube video by Stuart Williams (2017) [link]
- Dielectrophoresis Society: non-profit group dedicated to supporting DEP conference and advancing dielectrophoresis and related science [link]
- AES Electrophoresis Society: non-profit group dedicated to advancing electrokinetic science [link]
A suspension of 3 micrometer polystyrene particles being organized due to the application of a non-uniform AC electric field. Image credit to Stuart J. Williams.
