Behavioral modeling of solute tracking in microfluidics

Author

Zeng, Y. ; Azizi, F. ; Mastrangelo, C.H.

Author_Institution

ECE Dept., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

17-18 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

We present a general behavioral simulation method for the approximate solution of lumped, pressure-driven, static and time-dependent solute and solvent transport in large microfluidic chips. The method is based on a one-dimensional discretization of the convection-diffusion equation that tracks solvent and solute transport using four dual-branch nodal quantities. A comparison of static and transient behavior of microfluidic dilution networks and a PCM signal generator indicates that the simulation results are in good agreement with the model simulations.

Keywords

convection; diffusion; microfluidics; 1D discretization; PCM signal generator; behavioral modeling; behavioral simulation method; convection-diffusion equation; dilution networks; dual-branch nodal quantities; large microfluidic chips; lumped solute transport; pressure-driven transport; solute tracking; static transport; time-dependent solvent transport; transient property; Analog circuits; Discrete event simulation; Frequency synthesizers; Hardware design languages; Microfluidics; Phase locked loops; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Semiconductor device modeling; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Workshop, 2009. BMAS 2009. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5358-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMAS.2009.5338896

Filename

5338896