Influence of Alternating Electric Fields on Protein Crystallization in Microfluidic Devices with Patterned Electrodes in a Parallel-Plate Configuration

Improved control over protein nucleation is important to advance the design and operation of protein separation and purification processes. The influence of nonuniform electric fields induced by patterned indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes of various shapes and surface areas on protein nucleation in microfluidic devices with parallel electrodes is investigated experimentally. In particular, the impact of various electrode designs and...