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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
