A Light-Powered Micropump with Dynamic Collective Behavior for Reparation [PDF]
NanomaterialsInspired by the collective behaviors of active systems in nature, the collective behavior of micromotors has attracted more and more attention in recent years.
Yunyu Sun +7 more
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Asymmetric Flow Dynamics in a Pneumatically Actuated Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Micropump: Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation [PDF]
MicromachinesThis study presents a comprehensive numerical and experimental investigation on a pneumatically actuated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) micropump integrated with passive check valves (PCVs).
Pei-Pei Hsu, Jr-Lung Lin
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Fully Integrated MEMS Micropump and Miniaturized Mass Flow Sensor as Basic Components for a Microdosing System [PDF]
MicromachinesDespite major advances in the field of actuator technology for microsystems, miniaturized microfluidic actuation systems for mobile devices are still not common in the market.
Martin Seidl, Gabriele Schrag
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Film-Shaped Self-Powered Electro-Osmotic Micropump Array
Micromachines, 2023 This paper reports a new concept of a film-shaped micropump array for biomedical perfusion. The detailed concept, design, fabrication process, and performance evaluation using prototypes are described.
Toshiro Yamanaka, Fumihito Arai
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Actuators, 2023 The valveless micropump based on dual synthetic jets is a potential fluid pumping device that has the ability to transport fluid continuously. In order to improve the performance of this device, a novel valveless continuous micropump based on dual ...
Jian-Yuan Zhang +5 more
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A High-Performance Piezoelectric Micropump with Multi-Chamber in Series
Applied Sciences, 2022 Based on the multi-chamber series structure, a piezoelectric micropump with high output performance is proposed in this paper. The proposed micropump is composed of the circular unimorph piezoelectric vibrator, the cantilever check valve, and the pump ...
Xiaopeng Liu +5 more
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A Self-Regulated Microfluidic Device with Thermal Bubble Micropumps
Micromachines, 2022 Currently, many microchips must rely on an external force (such as syringe pump, electro-hydrodynamic pump, and peristaltic pump, etc.) to control the solution in the microchannels, which probably adds manual operating errors, affects the accuracy of ...
Gang Guo +15 more
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Design and test of a piezoelectric micropump based on hydraulic amplification
AIP Advances, 2021 To solve the problem of the small deformation of piezoelectric vibrators and improve the overall performance of piezoelectric micro-pumps, a flexible-diaphragm piezoelectric micropump is designed based on hydraulic amplification.
Xiao-chao Tian +8 more
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A Comparative Evaluation of Magnetorheological Micropump Designs
Micromachines, 2022 In this study, we assessed the performance characteristics of five different magnetorheological micropump designs, two of which were our proposed designs, while others were from the existing designs in the literature.
Sevki Cesmeci +2 more
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Research on unsteady characteristics of valveless piezoelectric micropump with planar conical tube [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe model of valveless piezoelectric micropump with planar conical tube is established in this paper, and dynamic mesh technology is used to simulate the unsteady characteristics of the micropump at different pressure amplitudes and driving frequencies ...
Cai Shengchuan
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