• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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• pp.583-585
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• 2000

This study reports the fluidic handling method using hydrophobic patterns inside PDMS microchannels. In order to obtain hydrophobic patterns, we pattern fluorcarbon(FC) film surfaces by lift-off process. FC films are deposited by spin coating method and plasma polymerization method. Hydrophobic surfaces are used as the barriers to control fluid flow. Injected liquid is spontaneously filled up inside PDMS-microchannels by the capillary action. Liquid flow stops when it meets hydrophobic regions which can be the barrier against fluid flow. Then, again, when liquid is pressurized externally, liquid can move toward another hydrophilic region by external air pressure. Contact angle analyses are performed on fluorocarbon films to estimate the wettability of film surfaces.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2011

새롭게 제안된 형상의 마이크로채널 PCHE는 기존의 상용 열교환기에 비해 고성능, 고효율의 특성을 보이며 열교환을 수행한다. 본 연구에서는 I, Wavy, Beehive, Surf, I-Wavy, I-Beehive, I-Surf 의 형상을 갖는 다양한 마이크로채널을 모델링하였다. 질량유속 변화에 따른 다양한 마이크로채널 내 유체의 유동특성, 열전달, 압력강하를 살펴보았고 그 결과는 마이크로채널의 열전달 능력을 향상시키는데 이용된다. I 채널은 새롭게 적용된 채널 형상과의 성능비교를 위해 해석을 수행하였다. 다양한 레이놀즈수 변화 하에서 고온측과 저온측 유체는 대향류 형태로 열교환이 이루어지도록 하였다. 수치해석 결과 Surf 형상이 다른 형상들보다 열교환 성능이 우수함을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.471-479
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• 2010

다른 세장비에 따른 단일 사각 마이크로 채널 내의 이상유동연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 대략 넓이가 $500\;{\mu}m$ 이며 수력직경이 각각 490, 322, $143\;{\mu}m$ 인 사각 마이크로채널 내에서의 물-질소 유동에 대한 실험이 수행되었다. 또한, 고속카메라와 장거리 현미경을 통해 이상유동양식을 가시화하였다. 본 연구는 이상유동 중 기포류에 중점을 두었으며 가시화 결과를 통해 기포의 속도, 기포의 길이, 관 내 기포의 개수, 기공률을 산출하였고 단위 셀 모델을 기반으로 늘어진 단일 기포의 압력강하를 해석하였다. 실험을 통해 기포의 속도, 기공률, 단일 기포의 압력강하가 각각 겉보기 속도와 체적건도, 세장비와 연관이 있음을 확인하였으며, 사각 마이크로 채널 내 늘어진 단일 기포의 압력강하에 대한 상관식을 개발하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.437-446
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 레이저유도 에칭기술을 이용한 스테인레스강의 고세장비 미세채널 제조에 대하여 기술한다. 공정 변수 최적화와 반복에칭을 통하여 높은 세장비를 갖는 미세채널을 제조하였으며 제조된 미세채널은 레이저출력과 에칭용액의 농도를 적절하게 조절함으로써 U 형상과 V 형상 사이의 단면 구조를 가지며 열변형이 없는 우수한 표면 형상을 보였다. 채널과 채널 사이의 간격은 $150{\mu}m$ 또는 그 이하이며 $15{\sim}50{\mu}m$ 범위의 폭을 갖는 10 이상의 고세장비 미세채널이 제조되었다. 레이저출력, 레이저초점의 이송속도, 에칭용액의 농도 등의 공정 변수들이 제조된 채널의 폭, 깊이 그리고 단면 형상에 미치는 영향에 대하여 자세히 보고한다.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가시화정보학회 2002년도 마이크로/바이오 가시화기술부문 학술강연회
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• pp.79-84
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• 2002

Most microfluidic devices such as heat sinks for cooling micro-chips, DNA chip, Lab-On-Chip, and micro pumps etc. have microchannels of various size. Therefore, the design of practical microfluidics demands detail information on flow structure inside the microchannels. However, detail velocity field measurements are rare and difficult to carry out. In addition, as the microfluidics expands, accurate understanding of microscale transport phenomena becomes very important. In this research, micro-PIV system was employed to measure the velocity fields of flow inside a micro-channel. We carried out PIV measurements for several microchannels with varying channels width, inlet and outlet shape, filters, CCD camera and ICCD camera, etc. For effective composition of micro-PIV system, first of all, it is essential to understand optics related with micro-imaging of particles and the particle dynamics encountered in micro-scale channel flows. In addition, it is necessary to find the optimal condition for given experimental environment and? micro-scale flow to be investigated. The problems encountered in measuring velocity field of micro-channel flows are discussed in this paper.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.555-560
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• 2014

This paper presents a microparticle separator using a spiral microchannel. A particle separator based on the dean vortex was designed, fabricated, and characterized. Two different spiral microchannels were fabricated. Width and initial radius of rotation in the spiral microchannel were fixed to $300{\mu}m$ and 1.75 mm, respectively. Two different depths of the microchannels were designed at $50{\mu}m$ and $80{\mu}m$. In this experimental study, the equilibrium position of microparticles was monitored by using fluorescent microbeads. In the case of a low dean number (<1.0), lift force and dean drag force were similar, indicating that microbeads were distributed to almost all areas across microchannels. However, in the case of a high dean number (>1.0), dean drag force rather than lift force was dominant, indicating that microbeads moved toward the inner wall of the spiral microchannel.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.410-420
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• 2016

The geometric dimension and shape of microchannels that are formed during surface texturing are widely studied for applications in flow control, and drag and friction reduction. In this research, a new method for controlling the deformation of U channels during micro-rolling-based surface texturing was developed. Since the width of the U channels is almost constant, controlling the depth is essential. A calibration procedure of initial rolling gap, and proportional-integral PI controllers and a linear interpolation have been applied simultaneously to control the depth. The PI controllers drive the position of the pre-U grooved roll as well as the rolling gap. The relationship between the channel depth and rolling gap is linearized to create a feedback signal in the depth control system. The depth of micro channels is studied on A2021 aluminum lamina surfaces. Overall, the experimental results demonstrated the feasibility of the method for controlling the depth of microchannels.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• 제4C권4호
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• pp.155-159
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• 2004

This work reports the theoretical and experimental investigations of capillary bust valves to regulate liquid flow in microchannels. The theoretical analysis uses the Young-Laplace equation and geometrical considerations to predict the pressure at the edge of the valve opening. Numerical simulations are employed to calculate the meniscus shape evolution while the interface is pinned at the valve edge. Microchannels and valves are fabricated using soft lithography. A wafer-rotating system, which can adjust the driving pressure by rotational speed, induces a liquid flow. Experimentally measured valve-bursting pressure agrees with theoretical predictions.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2803-2810
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• 2007

Three dimensional numerical studies were carried out to investigate the effect of aspect ratio on gas slip flow in rectangular microchannels. We focused on aspect ratio effect on slip velocity, pressure distribution and mass flow rate. As aspect ratio decreases the wall slip velocity also decreases. As a result nonlinearity of pressure distribution increases. The slip velocities on sides and top/bottom walls are different and this difference decreases with increasing aspect ratio. These two velocities are equal when aspect ratio is 1. The ratios of slip mass flow rate over noslip mass flow rate increases with increasing aspect ratios.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1241-1246
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• 2004

The heat flux on a chip is rapidly increasing with decreasing the size of one. It is necessary to properly cool the high heat flux chip. One of the promising cooling methods is to apply CPL heat pipes with porous materials, for example PVA, polyethylene, and powder sintered metal plate and with microchannels in the evaporator. A small scale CPL heat pipe with PVA as wick was designed and manufactured. Since the height difference between the evaporator and the condenser is a crucial parameter in the CPL heat pipes, the performance of the heat pipes depending on the parameter was investigated. The parameter is higher the performance is better. However, the improvement rate of the performance does not increase the increase rate of the height. In addition to, the parameter effect depending on heat input was investigated.