@inproceedings{b75ade0f577c4907b1716684cbb5902e,
title = "Autonomous microfluidics realized with active hydrophobic valves",
abstract = "Sophisticated microfluidic systems were realized using simple valves based on switching from a hydrophobic state to a hydrophilic state. The valve consisted of a hydrophobic self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed on a platinum electrode in a poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) flow channel. The valve could stop a solution moving by capillary action. The solution passed through the valve following reductive desorption of the SAM when an appropriate potential was applied to the electrode. The same switching could also be implemented by changing the mixed potential by wetting a zinc electrode in a controlling flow channel connected to the valve electrode.",
keywords = "autonomous microfluidics, Hydrophobic valve, microfluidic transport, mixed potential, platinum electrode, SAM",
author = "Biswas, \{G. C.\} and T. Watanabe and Carlen, \{E. T.\} and M. Yokokawa and H. Suzuki",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 ; Conference date: 21-06-2015 Through 25-06-2015",
year = "2015",
month = aug,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181298",
language = "English",
series = "2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1806--1809",
booktitle = "2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015",
}