Optimal Control-Based Inverse Determination of Electrode Distribution for Electroosmotic Micromixer

This paper presents an optimal control-based inverse method used to determine the distribution of the electrodes for the electroosmotic micromixers with external driven flow from the inlet. Based on the optimal control method, one Dirichlet boundary control problem is constructed to inversely find t...

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Main Authors: Yuan Ji, Yongbo Deng, Zhenyu Liu, Teng Zhou, Yihui Wu, Shizhi Qian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/8/247
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Summary:This paper presents an optimal control-based inverse method used to determine the distribution of the electrodes for the electroosmotic micromixers with external driven flow from the inlet. Based on the optimal control method, one Dirichlet boundary control problem is constructed to inversely find the optimal distribution of the electrodes on the sidewalls of electroosmotic micromixers and achieve the acceptable mixing performance. After solving the boundary control problem, results are also provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method; the step-shaped distribution of the external electric potential imposed on the sidewalls is obtained, and the electrodes with an interlaced arrangement are inversely derived according to the obtained external electric potential.
ISSN:2072-666X