Simple Electroosmotic Pump and Active Microfluidics with Asymmetrically Coated Microelectrodes

Electroosmotic pumps can deliver liquid without moving parts, making them suitable for microfluidic and lab‐on‐chip systems. Previously, alternating current electroosmotic pumps were constructed using pairs of coplanar asymmetrical interdigitated microelectrodes on the same substrate. In this work, a simpler micropumping system is developed, separating the electrodes on two substrates and breaking the symmetry by half‐depositing electrodes with 3D microstructures. Numerical simulation models of the pumping system and experimental velocity profiles are used to explain the fluid motion mechanism and structure‐dependent pumping performance. In addition to its efficiency and simplicity, this new pumping system also allows for the creation of a microvortex device and an active microfluidics device. This scalable micropumping system provides a way to pump liquids at microscopic or macroscopical scale in complex microfluidics systems.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Simple Electroosmotic Pump and Active Microfluidics with Asymmetrically Coated Microelectrodes ; day:09 ; month:07 ; year:2023 ; extent:6
Small science ; (09.07.2023) (gesamt 6)

Creator
Liu, Jun
Chen, Jiawei
Dai, Jia
Tang, Jinyao

DOI
10.1002/smsc.202300026
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023071015030857773074
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Liu, Jun
  • Chen, Jiawei
  • Dai, Jia
  • Tang, Jinyao

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