A platform for the assembly of electro-hydrodynamic microfluidics

A. Kumar, B. Khusid, C. James, A. Acrivos

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Abstract

We present a new method of building electro-microdevices through the assembly of several commercially available components. Our approach overcomes a number of limitations commonly encountered in studying field-driven phenomena in suspensions at the micro-scale. The proposed method is utilized for the assembly of a microdevice equipped with microelectrode arrays to demonstrate that the application of a high-gradient AC electric field in the MHz-frequency range to an aqueous suspension of polystyrene beads enables one to form and transport distinct particle structures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2007, Technical Proceedings
Pages415-417
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 2007
Event2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2007 - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Duration: May 20 2007May 24 2007

Publication series

Name2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2007, Technical Proceedings
Volume3

Other

Other2007 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2007
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Clara, CA
Period5/20/075/24/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • Assembly
  • Dielectrophoresis
  • Electro-hydrodynamics of suspensions
  • Microfluidic-platform
  • Microfluidics

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