A boundary element based methodology for modeling and simulation of Lab-on-Chip devices

This paper combines lumped circuits, electromagnetic and fluidic models in order to predict dielectrophoretic and fluidic traction forces for biochips. The boundary element method (BEM) is used for solving both electromagnetic (EM) and fluidic domain problems. A coupled circuit-EM methodology is used to model electrical excitations. The resulting simulator accurately predicts the force fields on arbitrarily-shaped bio-species. This integrated computational tool enables the exploration of new design ideas for microfluidic Lab-on-chip devices.