Size-based microfluidic multimodal microparticle sorter.

@article{Wang2015SizebasedMM,
  title={Size-based microfluidic multimodal microparticle sorter.},
  author={Xiao Wang and Ian Papautsky},
  journal={Lab on a chip},
  year={2015},
  volume={15 5},
  pages={
          1350-9
        }
}
Microfluidic sorting of synthetic and biological microparticles has attracted much interest in recent years. Inertial microfluidics uses hydrodynamic forces to manipulate migration of such microparticles in microfluidic channels to achieve passive sorting based on size with high throughput. However, most inertial microfluidic devices are only capable of bimodal separation with a single cutoff diameter and a well-defined size difference. These limitations inhibit efficient separation of real… 
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