A STUDY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF EECTRO-OSMOTIC FLOWS UNDER THE LOCAL VARIATION OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD

전기장의 국소변화에 따른 전기삼투 유동 및 혼합 특성해석

In a microfluidic chips pressure driven flow or electro-osmotic flow has been usually employed to deliver bio-samples. Flow in the chips is usually slow and the mixing performance is poor. A micro-mixer with a rapid mixing is important for practical applications. In this study a newly designed and electro-osmotic driven micro-mixer is proposed. This design is comprised of a channel and a series of metal electrodes periodically attached on the side surface. In this configuration electro-osmotic flows and the stirring effects are simulated three-dimensionally using a commercial code, CFD-ACE. Focus is given the effect on the electro-osmotic flow characteristics under the local variation of the electric field.