微液珠技術可將細胞或生化物質包裹於奈升至皮升的微液珠中，並可以進行操控及觀察。此技術之應用包括以細胞為模型之藥物檢測、毒性檢測，各種生化物質之反應以及可用來做細胞培養。
　　生成微液珠的微流道孔徑為微米等級，因此所需之藥劑量與試劑量相對於傳統技術減少許多，同樣容量利用微液珠可增加至少十萬倍（從微升至奈升及皮升）的檢體及實驗。
　　於目前研究分離包裹細胞微液珠的文獻中，大部分是以類似迴授的方式，先檢測在選擇所要分離的微液珠，或者直接將生成出的微液珠分成兩類，篩選去除不需要的微液珠，簡而言之，不論是哪一種方式，每次都只能取得一種形式的微液珠。
　　因此本論文提供一種新的想法，以介電泳力的方式，液珠中包裹細胞的數目不同，因此極化的程度不同時所需之介電泳力也不相同，希望利用此不同，能達到將相同包裹細胞數目的微液珠分離到同一個子流道，利用介電泳力之方式，每個包裹不同數量細胞微液珠就會往不同的方向分離至不同的子流道。
　　在本論文，我們成功的移動有裹細胞之液珠，並在未來會將電極之設計優化，將空液珠與有包裹細胞之液珠之差別突顯出來，希望能成功將液珠分離至不同的子流道。

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