Microfluidics and small volume mixing based on redox magnetohydrodynamics methods

by Fritsch, Ingrid; Carter, Christopher S.; Aguilar, Zoraida P.

Microfluidic channels utilizing magnetohydrodynamics are used to pump very small volumes of solution. The channels have electrodes along the walls of the channel and a current carrying species within the solution carries the current through the solution. The electric field generated by the use of the current carrying species is perpendicular to a magnetic field applied to the channel. The combination of the electric and magnetic fields causes the solution to flow through the channel.

Patent Number
USUS2003118453 A1 2003-06-26
Application Number
B2
Publication Year
2006
URL
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/110