Applications of the study include peristaltic micro-pumps and novel drug delivery systems in pharmacological engineering.
Suitable applications of these hydrogels are adjusting limbs in fluid micro-systems such as micro-pumps and micro-valves.
This contained driving medium avoids the need for micro-pumps and valving which can add complexity into a microfluidic system.
A diverse set of mechanics, including micro-pumps and functional materials, used to deliver the drugs can be paired with wireless electronics for self-contained and programmable operation.
The biosensor was designed to include micro-pumps and solenoid valves for fluid transport, a spectrophotometer cuvette as a reaction chamber, a photodiode with a light-emitting diode for optical density measurement, and a control microcomputer to implement assay.
Small amounts of samples and reagents could be injected into the diagnosis chips using the micro-pumps and the micro-pneumatic valves could effectively control the movement of the samples and reagents.
The flow system was based on multicommutation process that was designed employing two solenoid micro-pumps and six solenoid pinch valves, which under microcomputer control carry out fluid propelling and reagent solutions handling.
The versatile approach presented in this work allows to easily and rapidly fabricate suspended composite membranes that provide diaphragm materials with excellent performances, which can find broad applicability in microfluidic applications (valves, micro-pumps) and in MEMS technology (tactile displays, mobile devices).
Especially MEMS applications of TiNi film, such as micro-mirror, micro-pump and micro-actuator are widely used.
The results show the work efficiency of the micro-pump on design condition is high and the designing criterions of the dividing-clapboard satisfy the requirements of maximum flux for the micro-pump, and compared with other reciprocating micro-pumps, the synthetic-jet-based micro-pump mass flow rate on inlet and outlet both are inimitable and invariable positive.
