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| Title: | Manipulations of microfluidic droplets using electrorheological carrier fluid |
| Authors: | Zhang, Mengying
Wu, Jinbo
Niu, Xize
Wen, Wei-Jia
Sheng, Ping |
| Keywords: | Bubbles
Electric fluid effects
Electrorheology
Microfluidics
Drops |
| Issue Date: | 9-Dec-2008 |
| Citation: | Physical review E, v. 78, iss. 6, p. 066305, 2008 |
| Abstract: | Electrorheological (ER) fluids are a type of ‘‘smart’’ colloid capable of reversible viscosity variations, or even solidification, in response to an applied electric field. The response time can be as short as a few milliseconds. By using the ER fluid as the carrier fluid in microfluidic chips, we report the generation and manipulation of microdroplets and bubbles via integrated, digitally controlled micro-electrodes equipped with a feedback system. By utilizing the strong electric response of the ER fluid, the flow rate can be easily controlled digitally, thereby making tunable the size of the droplets generated and their separations. In particular, ordering change in a chain of droplets is demonstrated. The maneuverability presented in this paper may have potential applications in a variety of lab chips for chemical reactions, bioassays, as well as microfluidic logic computation. |
| Rights: | Physical Review E © copyright 2008 American Physical Society. The journal's web site is located at http://pre.aps.org |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1783.1/6040 |
| Appears in Collections: | PHYS Journal/Magazine Articles
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