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Experimental Verification of A Bi-Directional Driving System for Microfluids

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Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002

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A bi-directional microfluidic driving system was developed experimentally in this work. The bi-directional driving module combines two individual components for suction and exclusion. The individual components can be combined using a T-shape connection as well as in parallel. Modular devices with a parallel connection, presented herein, can provide flexible, predictable and linear control of bi-directional microfluid pumping. This work demonstrated the driving system and investigated the influences of the characteristics of the working liquids. The driving force, both suction and exclusion, for the liquid with the lower viscosity is stronger than those with the higher viscosity. Furthermore, the required flow rate at the suction component is quite large due to the strong surface tension of water.

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  1. Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

    C. P. Jen, W. D. Wu & Y. C. Lin

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kun Shan University of Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

    G. G. Wu & C. C. Chang

  3. Electronics Research & Service Organization, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Y. C. Chung

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  1. The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

    Yoshinobu Baba

  2. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Shuichi Shoji

  3. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Albert van den Berg

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Jen, C.P., Wu, W.D., Lin, Y.C., Wu, G.G., Chang, C.C., Chung, Y.C. (2002). Experimental Verification of A Bi-Directional Driving System for Microfluids. In: Baba, Y., Shoji, S., van den Berg, A. (eds) Micro Total Analysis Systems 2002. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0504-3_45

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