[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Numerical analysis of the micro-Couette flow using a non-Newton–Fourier model with enhanced wall boundary conditions

Z Jiang, W Chen, W Zhao - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2018 - Springer
Non-equilibrium effects exist extensively in microfluidic flows, and the accurate simulation of
the Knudsen layer behind them is rather challenging for the linear Newton–Fourier model. In …

Vortex shedding from confined micropin arrays

A Renfer, MK Tiwari, F Meyer, T Brunschwiler… - Microfluidics and …, 2013 - Springer
The hydrodynamics in microcavities populated with cylindrical micropins was investigated
using dynamic pressure measurements and fluid pathline visualization. Pressure signals …

Release oscillation in a hollow fiber–part 1: mathematical model and fast estimation of its frequency

L Lin, SW Yao - Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper studies a micro/nano scale capillary flow in a hollow fiber and its oscillation. The
hollow fiber is immersed into a liquid (eg water), and the isolated air in the fiber plays as a …

Concentration dependence of cation-induced electrohydrodynamic flow passing through an anion exchange membrane

A Yano, H Shirai, M Imoto, K Doi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow is a type of liquid flow driven by an external electric force.
In electrolyte solutions, anions and cations usually interact with each other to maintain …

Electrically evoked auditory brainstem response by using bionic auditory membrane in guinea pigs

H SHINTAKU, T INAOKA, T NAKAGAWA… - Journal of …, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Here, we report the measurement of an eABR (electrically evoked auditory brainstem
response) by using a custom-developed BAM (bionic auditory membrane) for a novel …

Cation-induced electrohydrodynamic flow in aqueous solutions

F Nito, S Kawano - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Recently, single-molecule manipulation techniques in micro-and nanofluidic channels have
attracted significant attention. To precisely control the transport velocity, the dynamics of the …

Influence on the magnetic field on the scale formation in a microfluidic channel under a low Reynolds number flow

CY Huang, CH Lin - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2023 - Springer
This study presents an external magnetic array to rapidly investigate the calcium carbonate
formation in a microfluidic channel. The system comprises a copper coil capillary serving as …

A numerical study on the performance of micro-vibrating flow pumps using the immersed boundary method

OO Osman, A Shirai, S Kawano - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
A micro-vibrating flow pump (micro-VFP) drives the fluid by the vibration of an elastic
cantilever-like structure in the pump, which is actuated by a sinusoidal magnetic field. In the …

Systematical experiment for optimal design of vibrating flow pump with jelly-fish valve

S Kawano, S Miyagawa, A Shirai - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2016 - Springer
The fundamental characteristics and the flow mechanism of a Vibrating Flow Pump (VFP)
with a jelly-fish valve, which can be applied to a novel artificial heart, were studied …