A Liquid-Metal Based Spiral Magnetohydrodynamic Micropump

A liquid-metal based spiral magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) micropump is proposed in this work. The micropump was fabricated in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-glass hybrid microfluidic chip. This pump utilized two parallel liquid-metal-filled channels as electrodes to generate a parallel electrical field a...

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Main Authors: Xuyan Zhou, Meng Gao, Lin Gui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/12/365