Lateral cavity acoustic transducer.
We present a lateral cavity acoustic transducer (LCAT) capable of pumping and mixing fluids within a microfluidic system using an acoustic energy source from an external piezoelectric buzzer. The device is capable of pumping at flow rates of approximately 250 nl min(-1) and real-time mixing in low flow rate (<1 microl min(-1)) devices typical in microfluidic systems.
Tovar
Armando R
AR
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2715, USA. tovara@uci.edu
Lee
Abraham P
AP
D000162:Acoustics; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000295:instrumentation*