Microfluid oscillator based on thermocapillarity

Teng-chao Huang; Yi-bing Shen; Xu Liu; Jian Bai; Xiyun Hou; Hui Ye; Di Lou

doi:10.1117/12.569524

30 December 2004 Microfluid oscillator based on thermocapillarity

Teng-chao Huang, Yi-bing Shen, Xu Liu, Jian Bai, Xiyun Hou, Hui Ye, Di Lou

Proceedings Volume 5641, MEMS/MOEMS Technologies and Applications II; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.569524
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

A novel micro fluid oscillator with a boron diffused resistor is proposed in this paper. The actuation principle is based on the combination of Marangoni effect. The contemporary microfabrication technique enables us to fabricate microheater tiny enough to control temperature so quickly and precisely in micro length scale. The devices exhibiting the Marangoni effect in square channels were designed and fabricated from one silicon substrate and two quartz substrates. And the three substrates were aligned, bonded and packaged for testing. In this actuator there is a pair of micro-heaters to produce a thermal gradient along the slit. The driving wattage is about 0.1W and the resistors can make a temperature difference about 100 degrees during 0.1s with a pulsewidth of 20us for 0.1A current pulses. Then the movement is driven towards the lower temperature direction by the interfacial tension of the air-liquid interface. This micro fluid actuator can play important role in many liquid micro-systems such as in micromotor and micro valve.

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Teng-chao Huang, Yi-bing Shen, Xu Liu, Jian Bai, Xiyun Hou, Hui Ye, and Di Lou "Microfluid oscillator based on thermocapillarity", Proc. SPIE 5641, MEMS/MOEMS Technologies and Applications II, (30 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.569524

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