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Bio-inspired Microfluidic Propulsion Through Magnetically-actuated Cilia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Syed Khaderi ,
Michiel Baltussen ,
Patrick Anderson ,
D. Ioan ,
Jaap den Toonder  and
Patrick Onck
Syed Khaderi
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Michiel Baltussen
Affiliation:
[email protected], Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Patrick Anderson
Affiliation:
[email protected], Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
D. Ioan
Affiliation:
Politehnica University of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 313, 77206 Bucharest, Romania
Jaap den Toonder
Affiliation:
[email protected], Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Patrick Onck
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Abstract

Manipulation of bio-fluids in microchannels faces many challenges in the development of lab-on-a-chip devices. We propose magnetically actuated artificial cilia which can propel fluids in microchannels. These cilia are magnetic films which can be actuated by an external magnetic field, leading to an asymmetric motion like that of natural cilia. The coupling between different physical mechanisms (magnetostatics, solid mechanics and fluid dynamics) is numerically established. In this work we quantify the flow through a microfluidic channel as a function of its geometry for a characteristic set of dimensionless parameters.

Keywords

biomimetic (assembly)actuatorfluidics
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1191: Symposium OO – Materials and Strategies for Lab-on-a-Chip–Biological Analysis, Cell-Material Interfaces and Fluidic Assembly of Nanostructures , 2009 , 1191-OO05-12
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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