Characterization of an induced pressure pumping force for microfluidics

The electro-osmotic pumping and pressure-driven manipulation of fluids are considered as the most common strategies in microfluidic devices. However, both of them exhibit major disadvantages such as hard integration and high reagent consumption, and they are destructive methods for detection and photo bleaching. In this paper, an electric field-effect flow control approach, combining the electro-osmotic pumping force and the pressure-driven pumping force, was developed to generate the induced pressure-driven flow in a T-shaped microfluidic chip. Electro-osmotic flow between the T-intersection and two reservoirs was demonstrated, and it provided a stable, continuous, and electric field-free flow in the section of the microchannel without the electrodes. The velocity of the induced pressure-driven flow was linearly proportional to the applied voltages. Both numerical and experimental investigations were conducted to prove the concept, and the experimental results showed good agreement with the numerical sim...

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