DocumentCode
1664805
Title
Microfluidic pressure measurements with optical trapping
Author
Jin, Yuhang ; Crozier, Kenneth B.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a novel technique to measure pressure in microfluidic chips using optical trapping. The pressure drop across a single oil or water droplet is determined from the position of an optically-trapped bead.
Keywords
drops; flow visualisation; microfluidics; oils; pressure measurement; radiation pressure; two-phase flow; microfluidic chips; microfluidic pressure measurements; optical trapping; single oil droplet; water droplet; Biomedical optical imaging; Microfluidics; Optical mixing; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement; Pressure measurement; Semiconductor device measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326074
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