• DocumentCode
    2229585
  • Title

    Novel electrode shape to reduce heating in light-actuated digital microfluidics

  • Author

    Pei, Shao Ning ; Valley, Justin K. ; Hsu, Hsan-Yin ; Jamshidi, Arash ; Wu, Ming C.

  • Author_Institution
    Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A novel, ring-shaped optical electrode is employed to reduce heating in light-actuated digital microfluidics. Using thermo-sensitive hydrogel microspheres, the temperature rise is measured to be 0.35°C, about 15× lower than those using square electrodes.
  • Keywords
    electrodes; hydrogels; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; electrode shape; heating reduction; light-actuated digital microfluidics; thermosensitive hydrogel microsphere; Electrodes; Heating; Microfluidics; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950209
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2229585