Strategies on improving the micro-fluidic devices using the nonlinear electro- and thermo-kinetic phenomena.
Surface science is key to innovations on microfluidics, smart materials, and future non-equilibrium systems. However, challenging issues still exist in this field. In this article, from the viewpoint of the fundamental design, we will briefly review our strategies on improving the micro-fluidic devices using the nonlinear electro- and thermo-kinetic phenomena. In particular, we will review the microfluidic applications using ICEO, the correction based on the ion-conserving Poisson-Boltzmann theory, the direct simulation on ICEO, and the new horizon such as nonlinear thermo-kinetic phenomena and the artificial cilia.
Frontier Research Center, Canon Inc., 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan. Electronic address: hsugioka@shinshu-u.ac.jp.
Hideyuki
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Sugioka
D004560:Electricity; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D013696:Temperature
Artificial cilia; Direct simulation; Induced-charge electro-osmosis; Ion-conserving Poisson–Boltzmann theory; Microfluidics; Nonlinear thermo-kinetics