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Variation of Flow Rates in Heterogeneous Microchannel Systems  

Kim, Jin-Yong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Hyo-Song (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Yu, Jae-Keun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Ki-Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
Rhee, Young Woo (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.17, no.1, 2006 , pp. 28-32 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the variation of flow rates in microchannels that consisted of polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) and glass using various external voltages. Three different microchannel widths and two different depths. PDMS and negative photoresist (SU-8) were used to make the microchannels by the soft lithographic method. For each depth of microchannel ($50{\mu}m$ and $100{\mu}m$), three different widths ($100{\mu}m$, $200{\mu}m$ and $300{\mu}m$) were made. In each case, several different external voltages were applied (0.3 kV, 0.35 kV, 0.4 kV and 0.45 kV) to examine the flow rates. Our results indicated that flow rate increased with an increase of the external voltage at the same microchannel width. This was because the electrical field was increased as the external voltage increased. For the same external voltage, the flow rate increased as the microchannel's width increased. These results showed that the resistance in the microchannel decreased as the microchannel's width increased. Also, to investigate the effect of microchannel's depth and width, the cross-sectional area of the microchannel was increased to the double in area. As a result, the effect of the microchannel's depth was higher at a low external voltage, and the effect of the microchannel's width was higher at a high external voltage.
Keywords
microchannel; soft lithographic method; electric field; flow rate;
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