Recent trends in mechanical micropumps and their applications: A review

S Mohith, PN Karanth, SM Kulkarni - Mechatronics, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years micropump technology has gained considerable importance and has
become the highlighted area of research particularly for microfluidic applications. The …

Actuation mechanism of microvalves: A review

JY Qian, CW Hou, XJ Li, ZJ Jin - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The microvalve is one of the most important components in microfluidics. With decades of
development, the microvalve has been widely used in many industries such as life science …

Stimulus-active polymer actuators for next-generation microfluidic devices

W Hilber - Applied Physics A, 2016 - Springer
Microfluidic devices have not yet evolved into commercial off-the-shelf products. Although
highly integrated microfluidic structures, also known as lab-on-a-chip (LOC) and micrototal …

A wirelessly-controlled piezoelectric microvalve for regulated drug delivery

M Nafea, A Nawabjan, MSM Ali - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports a novel wireless control of a normally-closed piezoelectric microvalve
activated by a wireless inductor-capacitor (LC) resonant circuit, and enabled by an external …

Development of novel passive check valves for the microfluidic CD platform

W Al-Faqheri, F Ibrahim, THG Thio… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microfluidic CD platforms are utilized to perform different biological processes and chemical
analyses. In general, a microfluidic CD implements the centrifugal force that is created by the …

Induced charge electroosmosis micropumps using arrays of Janus micropillars

JS Paustian, AJ Pascall, NM Wilson, TM Squires - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on a microfluidic AC-driven electrokinetic pump that uses Induced Charge Electro-
Osmosis (ICEO) to generate on-chip pressures. ICEO flows occur when a bulk electric field …

Modeling and fabrication of electrostatically actuated diaphragms for on-chip valving of MEMS-compatible microfluidic systems

AC Atik, MD Özkan, E Özgür, H Külah… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents an analytical model to estimate the actuation potential of an electrostatic
parylene-C diaphragm, processed on a glass wafer using standard microelectromechanical …

A peristaltic pump integrated on a 100% glass microchip using computer controlled piezoelectric actuators

Y Tanaka - Micromachines, 2014 - mdpi.com
Lab-on-a-chip technology is promising for the miniaturization of chemistry, biochemistry,
and/or biology researchers looking to exploit the advantages of a microspace. To …

[图书][B] Labs on chip: Principles, design and technology

E Iannone - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Labs on Chip: Principles, Design and Technology provides a complete reference for the
complex field of labs on chip in biotechnology. Merging three main areas—fluid dynamics …

A review on micropumps from the viewpoint of volumetric power density

S Yokota - Mechanical Engineering Reviews, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Micropump is one of critical devices in composing high-performance micro-fluid systems like
micro hydraulics, fluid-driven micro machines, micro liquid forced cooling of electrical …