1. Placing dielectrophoresis into context as a particle manipulator -- Introduction -- Characteristics of micro-scale physics -- Microfluidic manipulation and separation of particles -- Candidate forces for microfluidic applications -- Comgining dielectrophoresis with other forces -- Summary -- References -- 2. How does dielectrophoresis differ from elctrophoresis? -- Introduction -- Electric field -- Electrophoresis -- Induced surface charge and dipole movement -- Dielectrophoresis -- Summary -- References -- 3. Electric charges, fields, fluxes and induced polarization -- Introduction -- Charges and fields -- Gauss's law -- Induced dielectric polarization -- Capacitance -- Divergence theorem and charge density relaxation time -- Summary -- References -- 4. Electrical potential energy and electric potential -- Introduction -- Electrical potential energy -- Electrical potential -- Electrostatic field energy -- Summary -- References -- 5. Potential gradient, field and field gradient; Image charges and boundaries -- Introduction -- Potential gradient and electrical field -- Applying Laplace's equation -- Method of image charges -- Electric field gradient -- Electrical conditions at dielectric boundaries -- Summary -- References -- 6. The Clausius-Mossotti factor -- Introduction -- Development of the Clausius-Mossotti-Lorentz relation -- Refinements of the Clausius-Mossotti-Lorentz relation -- The complex Clausius-Mossotti factor -- Summary -- References -- 7. Dielectric polarization -- Introduction -- Electrical polarization at the atomic and molecular levels -- Dipole relaxation and energy loss -- Interfacial polarization -- Summary -- References -- 8. Dielectric properties of water, electrolytes, sugars, amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids -- Introduction -- Water -- Electrolyte solutions -- Amino acids and proteins in solution -- Nucleic acids -- Summary -- References -- 9. Dielectric properties of cells -- Introduction -- Cells: A basic description -- Electrical properties of cells -- Modelling the dielectric properties of cells -- Effect of cell surface charge on Maxwell -- Wagner relaxation -- Dielectric properties of bacteria -- Summary -- References -- 10. Dielectrophoresis: Theoretical and practical considerations -- Introduction -- Inherent approximations in the DEP force equation -- Refinements of the DEP force equation -- Electrodes: Fabrication, materials and modelling -- The second (high-frequency) DEP crossover frequency -- Summary -- References -- 11. Dielectrophoretic studies of bioparticles -- Introduction -- DEP characterization and separation of live and dead cells -- Mammalian cells -- Bacteria -- Other cell types (Plant, algae, oocytes, oocysts) and worms -- Virions -- Nucleic acids and proteins -- Summray -- References -- 12. Microfluidic concepts of relevance to dielectrophoresis -- Introduction -- Gases and liquids -- Fluids treated as a continuum -- Basic fluid statics and fluid dynamics -- Navier-Stokes equations -- Diffusion -- Ionic (electrical) double layer -- Electro-osmosis -- Summary -- References.