Liu John, Chen Yan, Taylor Clive R, Scherer Axel, Kartalov Emil P
J Appl Phys. 2009 Dec 1;106(11):114311. doi: 10.1063/1.3268463. Epub 2009 Dec 7.
We report on two microfluidic elastomeric autoregulatory devices-a diode and a rectifier. They exhibit physically interesting and complex nonlinear behaviors (saturation, bias-dependent resistance, and rectification) with a Newtonian fluid. Due to their autoregulatory properties, they operate without active external control. As a result, they enable increased microfluidic device density and overall system miniaturization. The demonstrated diode and rectifier would also be useful components in future microfluidic logic circuitry.
我们报道了两种微流控弹性体自动调节装置——一个二极管和一个整流器。它们在与牛顿流体相互作用时展现出物理上有趣且复杂的非线性行为(饱和、偏置依赖电阻和整流)。由于其自动调节特性,它们无需外部主动控制即可运行。因此,它们能够提高微流控装置密度并实现整个系统的小型化。所展示的二极管和整流器在未来的微流控逻辑电路中也将是有用的组件。