3D modeling of on-chip acoustophoretic particle manipulation in a polymer microfluidic device
Author
Çaǧatay, E.
Özer, M. B.
Çetin, Barbaros
Date
2016Source Title
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016
Publisher
Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages
1549 - 1550
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study focuses on understanding of the sensitivities of the acoustophoretic process on uncertainties/errors in the geometric properties of the chip material and the piezoelectric actuators. The sensitivity of the acoustophoretic process is investigated both numerically and experimentally. For the numerical simulations a three dimensional finite element model is used. In the experimental analysis, a microfluidic chip with two stations is used. The first station has the accurate geometric values of the design and the second station has the introduced error in a geometric parameter so that the effect of this error can be demonstrated on the same chip and the channel.
Keywords
AcoustophoresisMicrofluidics
Particle manipulation
Finite element method
Fluidic devices
Experimental analysis
Microfluidic chip
Polymer microfluidic devices
Three dimensional finite element model