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Photo-Switchable Microvalve in a Reusable Lab-on-a-disc

Authors:
T. Glennon, J. Saez, E. Mcnamara, J Ducree. L. Florea, D.Diamond, M. Czugala, F. Benito-Lopez
Year:
2016
Presentation in congress:
18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Transducers 2015
Publishing city and/or Editorial:
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Volume:
21-25 June
Initial page - Ending page:
109 - 112
ISBN/ISSN:
2159-547X
Description:

This contribution describes for the first time the fabrication and the performance of a reversible ionogel microvalve in-situ photopolymerised into a reusable disc platform for fluid control. During storage and spinning, the swollen microvalve provides a permanent liquid barrier due to the special chemical characteristics of the ionogel. The microvalve is easy actuated using a white light LED allowing open of the channel at a desired time. The actuation mechanism is chemically reversible when an acid solution is provided to the microvalve. Here a perpendicular microchannel, connected to the valve from behind, is used to ensure the re-swelling of the ionogel and therefore reusability of the Lab-on-a-disc.

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