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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena

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The induced-charge electrokinetic (ICEK) phenomena are relatively new area of research in microfluidics and nanofluidics. Different from the traditional electrokinetic phenomena which are based on the interactions between applied electric field and the electrostatic charge, the ICEK phenomena result from the interaction of the applied electric field and the induced charge on polarisable surfaces. Because of the different underline physics, ICEK phenomena have many unique characteristics that may lead to new applications in microfluidics and nanofluidics. In this paper, we review the major advancement of research in the field of ICEK phenomena, discuss the applications and the limitations, and suggest some future research directions.

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The authors wish to thank the financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada through a research grant to D. Li.

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This article has been retracted by request of the authors. Unaltered text was taken from a pre-published version of Bazant MZ, Squires TM (2010) Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci1 5 (2010) 203–213. Moreover, a few reproduced figures from other published articles lack appropriate references. The authors apologize for their negligence.

An erratum to this article can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-1026-3.

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Daghighi, Y., Li, D. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena. Microfluid Nanofluid 9, 593–611 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-010-0607-2

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