| Literature DB >> 19381353 |
Emil P Kartalov, Axel Scherer, Stephen R Quake, Clive R Taylor, W French Anderson.
Abstract
A systematic experimental study and theoretical modeling of the device physics of polydimethylsiloxane "pushdown" microfluidic valves are presented. The phase space is charted by 1587 dimension combinations and encompasses 45-295 μm lateral dimensions, 16-39 μm membrane thickness, and 1-28 psi closing pressure. Three linear models are developed and tested against the empirical data, and then combined into a fourth-power-polynomial superposition. The experimentally validated final model offers a useful quantitative prediction for a valve's properties as a function of its dimensions. Typical valves (80-150 μm width) are shown to behave like thin springs.Entities:
Year: 2007 PMID: 19381353 PMCID: PMC2670093 DOI: 10.1063/1.2511688
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Appl Phys ISSN: 0021-8979 Impact factor: 2.546