A pumping actuator implemented on a PCB substrate by employingwater electrolysis

dc.contributor.author	Παγώνης, Δημήτριος-Νικόλαος	el
dc.contributor.author	Πετρόπουλος, Α.	el
dc.contributor.author	Καλτσάς, Γρηγόριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-27T08:53:19Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-27T08:53:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014-08-27
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/2557
dc.rights	Default License
dc.subject	Electrolysis
dc.subject	Microfluidic systems
dc.subject	Actuator
dc.subject	Micro-pump
dc.title	A pumping actuator implemented on a PCB substrate by employingwater electrolysis	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.identifier.secondary	10.1016/j.mee.2012.02.006
heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Σχολή Τεχνολογικών Εφαρμογών / Τμήμα Ναυπηγών Μηχανικών Τ.Ε.	el
heal.publicationDate	2012-02-16
heal.bibliographicCitation	Pagonis, D.N., Petropoulos, A. & Kaltsas, G. 2012, "A pumping actuator implemented on a PCB substrate by employing water electrolysis", Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 95, no. 0, pp. 65-70.	en
heal.abstract	This work concerns the development of a novel actuator based on water electrolysis for pumping use inmicroﬂuidic systems. The electrolysis is performed inside a conﬁned reservoir integrated on a PCB sub-strate which is connected to a microchannel. During the electrolysis process, the generated gases withinthe enclosed structure lead to a signiﬁcant pressure increase which can be employed in order to move aliquid inside the microchannel. In order to demonstrate the device’s principle of operation, water is dri-ven through a meander microchannel structure which is connected at the output of an appropriatemicro-tank; the effectiveness of employing electrolysis as an actuating principle has been investigatedby monitoring the resulting pressure increase for a device with a larger reservoir. Furthermore, the oper-ation of such a device as a micro-pump was successfully demonstrated by extracting the resulting ﬂow-rate experimentally; the obtained results from the ﬁrst prototype are clearly promising.	en
heal.publisher	Elsevier	en
heal.journalName	Microelectronic Engineering	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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