In recent years micropump technology has gained considerable importance and has
become the highlighted area of research particularly for microfluidic applications. The …

This report presents a review of progress on peristaltic micropumps since their emergence,
which have been widely used in many research fields from biology to aeronautics. This …

Microfluidic neural probes hold immense potential as in vivo tools for dissecting neural
circuit function in complex nervous systems. Miniaturization, integration, and automation of …

We present a design for a miniature self-priming peristaltic pump actuated with a single
linear actuator, and which can be manufactured using conventional materials and methods …

Microfluidic devices providing an accurate delivery of fluids at required rates are of
considerable interest, especially for the biomedical field. The progress is limited by the lack …

A package-level peristaltic piezoelectric micropump has been designed and fabricated in
utilizing multilayer ceramic fabrication methods. The device was fabricated using …

A novel design of a piezoelectric silicon micropump is proposed, which provides a constant
flow rate over a wide backpressure range of up to 30 kPa. This highly appreciable feature is …

This study demonstrated a new thermo-pneumatic micropump implemented by stacking
three layers of PDMS on a glass slide. The pumping with valve-less diffuser/nozzle channel …

A bi-directional linear peristaltic pump is presented that avoids use of a rotating step motor
and rollers. Fluid displacement, flow and pump function, respectively, are achieved by …

Over the past 30 years, significant progress has been made in the fields of Micro-Electro-
Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Originally, the term MEMS was used in the United States to …