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A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing
Simple and low-cost solutions are becoming extremely important for the evolving necessities of biomedical applications. Even though, on-chip sample processing and analysis has been rapidly developing for a wide range of screening and diagnostic protocols, efficient and reliable fluid manipulation in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33424526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10404-020-02411-w |
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author | Ozcelik, Adem Aslan, Zeynep |
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description | Simple and low-cost solutions are becoming extremely important for the evolving necessities of biomedical applications. Even though, on-chip sample processing and analysis has been rapidly developing for a wide range of screening and diagnostic protocols, efficient and reliable fluid manipulation in microfluidic platforms still require further developments to be considered portable and accessible for low-resource settings. In this work, we present an extremely simple microfluidic pumping device based on three-dimensional (3D) printing and acoustofluidics. The fabrication of the device only requires 3D-printed adaptors, rectangular glass capillaries, epoxy and a piezoelectric transducer. The pumping mechanism relies on the flexibility and complexity of the acoustic streaming patterns generated inside the capillary. Characterization of the device yields controllable and continuous flow rates suitable for on-chip sample processing and analysis. Overall, a maximum flow rate of ~ 12 μL/min and the control of pumping direction by frequency tuning is achieved. With its versatility and simplicity, this microfluidic pumping device offers a promising solution for portable, affordable and reliable fluid manipulation for on-chip applications. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10404-020-02411-w. |
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spelling | pubmed-77809042021-01-05 A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing Ozcelik, Adem Aslan, Zeynep Microfluid Nanofluidics Research Paper Simple and low-cost solutions are becoming extremely important for the evolving necessities of biomedical applications. Even though, on-chip sample processing and analysis has been rapidly developing for a wide range of screening and diagnostic protocols, efficient and reliable fluid manipulation in microfluidic platforms still require further developments to be considered portable and accessible for low-resource settings. In this work, we present an extremely simple microfluidic pumping device based on three-dimensional (3D) printing and acoustofluidics. The fabrication of the device only requires 3D-printed adaptors, rectangular glass capillaries, epoxy and a piezoelectric transducer. The pumping mechanism relies on the flexibility and complexity of the acoustic streaming patterns generated inside the capillary. Characterization of the device yields controllable and continuous flow rates suitable for on-chip sample processing and analysis. Overall, a maximum flow rate of ~ 12 μL/min and the control of pumping direction by frequency tuning is achieved. With its versatility and simplicity, this microfluidic pumping device offers a promising solution for portable, affordable and reliable fluid manipulation for on-chip applications. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10404-020-02411-w. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-01-04 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7780904/ /pubmed/33424526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10404-020-02411-w Text en © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Research Paper Ozcelik, Adem Aslan, Zeynep A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title | A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title_full | A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title_fullStr | A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title_full_unstemmed | A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title_short | A practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3D printing |
title_sort | practical microfluidic pump enabled by acoustofluidics and 3d printing |
topic | Research Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7780904/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33424526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10404-020-02411-w |
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