Lam Raymond Hiu-wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-91). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.ii / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iv / Acknowledgment --- p.v / Contents --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.ix / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1-1 --- Overview of MEMS and Microfluidic Technologies --- p.1 / Chapter 1-1-1 --- Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) --- p.1 / Chapter 1-1-2 --- Microfluidic Systems --- p.2 / Chapter 1-2 --- Literture Review on Microfluidic Devices --- p.4 / Chapter 1-2-1 --- Micropumps --- p.4 / Chapter 1-2-2 --- Microvalves --- p.5 / Chapter 1-2-3 --- Micromixers --- p.5 / Chapter 1-2-3 --- Integration of Multiple Devices: Microfluidic Systems --- p.6 / Chapter 1-3 --- Motivation and Research Objectives --- p.7 / Chapter 1-4 --- Thesis Outline --- p.9 / Fluid Flow in MicroChannel --- p.11 / Chapter 2-1 --- Velocity Profile in a MicroChannel --- p.11 / Chapter 2-2 --- Pressure Dissipation by Laminar Friction --- p.16 / Chapter 2-3 --- Bubble Filtering --- p.20 / Microfluidic Centrifugal Pumping --- p.23 / Chapter 3-1 --- Vortex Micropump --- p.23 / Chapter 3-1-1 --- Operation Principle and Device Design --- p.23 / Chapter 3-1-2 --- Alternative Pump Design --- p.25 / Chapter 3-2 --- Micropump Fabrication --- p.27 / Chapter 3-2-1 --- Electroplated Impeller --- p.27 / Chapter 3-2-2 --- SU-8 Impeller --- p.30 / Chapter 3-2-3 --- Micropump Fabricated by Micro Molding Replication Technique --- p.32 / Chapter 3-2-4 --- Inverted-chamber Vortex Micropump --- p.35 / Chapter 3-3 --- Elementary Centrifugal Pump Theory --- p.36 / Chapter 3-3-1 --- Pumping Pressure and Discharge --- p.36 / Chapter 3-3-2 --- Fluid Horsepower --- p.38 / Chapter 3-3-3 --- Effect of Blade Angle --- p.40 / Chapter 3-4 --- Pumping Specification --- p.41 / Mixing Based on Mechanical Vibration --- p.47 / Chapter 4-1 --- Micromixer Design --- p.47 / Chapter 4-1-1 --- Oscillating Diaphragm Actuated Microfluidic Mixing --- p.47 / Chapter 4-1-2 --- Flat-surface Diaphragm Active Micromixer --- p.48 / Chapter 4-1-3 --- Mixing Enhancement by Pillared Chamber Profile --- p.50 / Chapter 4-2 --- Fabrication Process --- p.52 / Chapter 4-2-1 --- Flat-surface Diaphragm Active Micromixer --- p.52 / Chapter 4-2-2 --- Pillared-surface Diaphragm Active Micromixer --- p.54 / Chapter 4-3 --- Experimental Analysis of Mixing Performance --- p.56 / Microfluidic Flow Planning System --- p.63 / Chapter 5-1 --- System Design --- p.63 / Chapter 5-1-1 --- Chip Design and Fabrication --- p.63 / Chapter 5-1-2 --- Digital Controlling System --- p.65 / Chapter 5-1-3 --- Operation Mechanism --- p.67 / Chapter 5-2 --- Experimental Results --- p.69 / Microfluidic Mixing Module Array --- p.70 / Chapter 6-1 --- System Configuration --- p.70 / Chapter 6-1-1 --- Microfluidic Chip Design --- p.70 / Chapter 6-1-2 --- Backward Flow Elimination by Tesla Valve --- p.72 / Chapter 6-1-3 --- System Controller and Operation Mechanism --- p.75 / Chapter 6-2 --- Fabrication --- p.76 / Chapter 6-3 --- Mixing Ratio Estimation --- p.78 / Chapter 6-4 --- Experimental Results --- p.79 / Conclusion --- p.81 / Future Work --- p.83 / Chapter 8-1 --- Self Driven Microfluidic Flow Planning System --- p.83 / Chapter 8-2 --- Mixing Enhancement by Cavitation Microstreaming --- p.84 / References --- p.87 / Bonding Test on UV-curing Epoxy Resin --- p.92 / Circuit Schematic of Digital Controller --- p.94 / Advanced Digital Microfluidic Controller --- p.97
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325282 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | Lam, Raymond Hiu-wai., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Automation and Computer-Aided Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xi, 99 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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