Simulation design for continuous separating and 3D focusing of particles based on inertial microfluidics

Author

Jian Li ; Xiangyu Zeng ; Jia Zhou

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Fudan Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper proposed a novel single-layer planar design of a microfluidic chip which utilizes inertial forces to realize continuous separating and three-dimensional (3D) focusing of particles. The theories of inertial microfluidics were analyzed and numerical simulation with COMSOL Multi-physics was verified by reported work. The results showed that both 3D focusing and separating of particles with a diameter of 1.0 μm and 9.9μm were obtained by changing the flow rates of inlets. The novel microfluidic design was robust, simple to perform and could easily be manufactured for laboratory and biomedical applications.

Keywords

microfluidics; numerical analysis; 3D focusing; COMSOL multi-physics; biomedical applications; continuous separating; inertial microfluidics; laboratory applications; microfluidic chip; numerical simulation; simulation design; single-layer planar design; Computational modeling; Data models; Fluids; Focusing; Microfluidics; Numerical models; Three-dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC (ASICON), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shenzhen

ISSN

2162-7541

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6415-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASICON.2013.6811945

Filename

6811945