A short review on AC electro-thermal micropumps based on smeared structural polarizations in the presence of a temperature gradient

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 97-101

  Stubbe, Marco ^a   Gimsa, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electro thermal; Electrohydrodynamics; Microfluidics; Micropump; Polarization; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; HEATING; MICROFLUIDICS; POLARIZATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

AQUEOUS MEDIA; ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM; BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; ELECTRO-THERMAL; ELECTROLYTIC ELECTRODES; FIELD GRADIENT; IN-CHANNELS; INDUCED TEMPERATURE; MICRO PUMP; MOVING PARTS; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PERMITTIVITY GRADIENTS; PUMP CHANNELS; PUMPING VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

PUMPS;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; MICROFLUIDICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY;

EID: 79651470913     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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