Development of Active Centrifugal Pump for Microfluidic CD Platforms.

ABSTRACT: The continuous emerging of microfluidic compact disc (CD) platforms for various real-life applications motivates researchers to explore new innovative ideas towards more integrated active functions. However, microfluidic CDs have some drawbacks, including the unidirectional flow that limits the usable space for multi-stepped biological and chemical assays. In this work, a novel active and bidirectional centrifugal pump is developed and integrated on microfluidic CDs. The design of the developed pump partially replicates the designs of the conventional centrifugal pumps with a modification in the connecting channels' positions that allow the developed pump to be reversible. The main advantage of the proposed centrifugal pump is that the pumping speed can be accurately controlled during spin

SUBMITTER: Al-Halhouli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074607 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature