4 accepted papers
Inertial microfluidics has facilitated promising applications of lab-on-a-chip devices for high-throughput biological analysis. However, as the mechanism of inertial microfluidics remains largely unknown, there are many difficulties in obtaining the desired equilibrium positions; hence, most researc
We propose a fluidic monostable multivibrator (fMMV) circuit, which is a new flow-switching mechanism in microfluidic chips. Flow control using parallel fMMV circuits does not require an external controller; this is a distinct advantage over various conventional micro-flow control methods. The fMMV…
We developed a ‘hybrid actuator system’ to precisely control the position of a micro-particle at high speed in a microfluidic chip. The hybrid actuator system benefits from two actuator systems by combining an electroosmotic flow generator and pressure-driven flow induced by a piezoelectric actuator…
We propose a novel flow control method to realize flow regulation and valveless flow switching in a microfluidic network. The proposed controller enables precise regulation of flow rates (or velocity fields) in micro-channels regardless of model uncertainties such as cross-sectional area and microch…