TY - GEN
T1 - A flexible evaporation micropump with precision flow rate control for micro-fluidic systems
AU - Chen, Kuan Yu
AU - Chen, Kuang En
AU - Wang, Kerwin
PY - 2012/6/1
Y1 - 2012/6/1
N2 - This paper proposes an active-evaporation micropump for micro-fluidic system. The flexible micropump featured power, cost and space efficient structure, capable of stable and adjustable flow-rate control during long working periods. Both passive and active evaporation pumping modes have been studied. Without using external power, passive mode allows the pump to work under well-controlled temperature and humidity (e.g. in incubator). Active evaporation pumping allows the pump to work under ambient which makes this design less sensitive to temperature and relative humidity fluctuation. This paper also presents a novel method for the flexible micropump fabrication.
AB - This paper proposes an active-evaporation micropump for micro-fluidic system. The flexible micropump featured power, cost and space efficient structure, capable of stable and adjustable flow-rate control during long working periods. Both passive and active evaporation pumping modes have been studied. Without using external power, passive mode allows the pump to work under well-controlled temperature and humidity (e.g. in incubator). Active evaporation pumping allows the pump to work under ambient which makes this design less sensitive to temperature and relative humidity fluctuation. This paper also presents a novel method for the flexible micropump fabrication.
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U2 - 10.1109/NEMS.2012.6196860
DO - 10.1109/NEMS.2012.6196860
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861539926
SN - 9781467311243
T3 - 2012 7th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2012
SP - 653
EP - 656
BT - 2012 7th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2012
T2 - 7th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2012
Y2 - 5 March 2012 through 8 March 2012
ER -