Plug-and-play microvalve and micropump for rapid integration with microfluidic chips

This paper reports design, fabrication, and characterization of an air-actuated microvalve and a micropump made of thermoplastic materials. The bonding process was carried out by thermal fusion process with no particular surface treatment. The developed microvalve was used as a reversible switch for...

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Main Authors: Mousavi Shaegh, Seyed Ali, Wang, Zhenfeng, Ng, Sum Huan, Wu, Ruige, Nguyen, Huu Tuan, Chan, Leon Cong Zhi, Toh, Alicia Guek Geok, Wang, Zhiping
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103131