Thermally biased AC electrokinetic pumping effect for Lab-on-a-chip based delivery of biofluids

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-133

  Yuan, Quan ^a   Wu, Jie ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrokinetics; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Micropump

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BIOFLUIDS; CHIP-SCALE; DIRECT CONTACT; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC PUMPING; ELECTROKINETIC PUMPS; ELECTROKINETICS; ELECTROOSMOSTIC FLOW; HIGH FREQUENCY; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; LAB ON A CHIP; LIGHT WEIGHT; LOW COSTS; MICRO PUMP; MICROFLOWS; POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC; SALT CONTENT; WORK STUDY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT FLUX; MICROFLUIDICS; PUMPS;

ELECTRODYNAMICS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ALTERNATING CURRENT ELECTROTHERMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFLUID; COMSOL MULTIPHYSICS; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOW RATE; FLUID CONDUCTIVITY; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPEDANCE; LAB ON A CHIP; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872608862     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-012-9694-z     Document Type: Article

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