Microfluidic waveguides for frequency-based pumping
Microfluidic waveguides for frequency-based pumping
Frequency-based control of fluid transport using fluidic networks with deformable features holds the potential to greatly simplify flow control in bioanalytical microchips, by enabling channel switching with a single active element. This paper describes a fluidic waveguide (analogous to cable in electronics) consisting of a millimeter-sized channel enclosed on one side with a deformable membrane. Dynamic coupling between the membrane deformation and pressure waves in channel is shown to lower the wave speed to 10-50 m/, thus combining frequencies in the range of ~0.5-3 kHz with wavelengths of 1-50 millimeters, with acceptably low attenuation. As a result, it is feasible to construct fluidic filters that transmit pressures to remote locations (centimeters from the source), by combining the waveguide with passive pressure-activated diodes (check valves). Results are shown to illustrate effective device characteristics that will lead to useful performance for flow control.
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Utz, Marcel
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Begley, M.R.
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October 2011
Utz, Marcel
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Begley, M.R.
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Utz, Marcel and Begley, M.R.
(2011)
Microfluidic waveguides for frequency-based pumping.
15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, United States.
01 - 05 Oct 2011.
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Frequency-based control of fluid transport using fluidic networks with deformable features holds the potential to greatly simplify flow control in bioanalytical microchips, by enabling channel switching with a single active element. This paper describes a fluidic waveguide (analogous to cable in electronics) consisting of a millimeter-sized channel enclosed on one side with a deformable membrane. Dynamic coupling between the membrane deformation and pressure waves in channel is shown to lower the wave speed to 10-50 m/, thus combining frequencies in the range of ~0.5-3 kHz with wavelengths of 1-50 millimeters, with acceptably low attenuation. As a result, it is feasible to construct fluidic filters that transmit pressures to remote locations (centimeters from the source), by combining the waveguide with passive pressure-activated diodes (check valves). Results are shown to illustrate effective device characteristics that will lead to useful performance for flow control.
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Published date: October 2011
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15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, United States, 2011-10-01 - 2011-10-05
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Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Magnetic Resonance
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/360212
ISBN: 978-0-9798064-4-5
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