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- 2022Particle-induced electrostatic repulsion within an Electric Curtain Operating below the Paschen Limitcitations
- 2018Controlling the phase transition of vanadium oxide using plasmonic metamaterials
- 2008Electrothermal liquid motion in microsystems subjected to alternating and rotating electric fieldscitations
- 2008Analytical and numerical modeling methods for impedance analysis of single cells on-chipcitations
- 2006Experiments on AC electrokinetic pumping of liquids using arrays of microelectrodescitations
- 2004Numerical simulation of travelling wave induced electrothermal fluid flowcitations
- 2003Electrohydrodynamics and dielectrophoresis in microsystems: scaling lawscitations
- 2002Manipulation of bio-particles in microelectrode structures by means of non-uniform ac electric fieldscitations
- 2000Electric field induced fluid flow on microelectrodes: the effect of illuminationcitations
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Numerical simulation of travelling wave induced electrothermal fluid flow
Abstract
Many microdevices for manipulating particles and cells use electric fields to produce a motive force on the particles. The movement of particles in non-uniform electric fields is called dielectrophoresis, and the usual method of applying this effect is to pass the particle suspension over a microelectrode structure. If the suspension has a noticeable conductivity, one important side effect is that the electric field drives a substantial conduction current through the fluid, causing localized Joule-heating. The resulting thermal gradient produces local conductivity and permittivity changes in the fluid. dielectrophoretic forces acting upon these pockets of fluid will then produce motion of both the fluid and the particles. This paper presents a numerical solution of the electrical force and the resulting electrothermal driven fluid flow on a travelling wave structure. This common electrode geometry consists of interdigitated electrodes laid down in a long array, with the phase of the applied potential shifted by 90° on each subsequent electrode. The resulting travelling electric field was simulated and the thermal field and electrical body force on the fluid calculated, for devices constructed from two typical materials: silicon and glass. The electrothermal fluid flow in the electrolyte over the electrode array was then numerically simulated. The model predicts that the thermal field depends on the conductivity and applied voltage, but more importantly on the geometry of the system and the material used in the construction of the device. The velocity of the fluid flow depends critically on the same parameters, with slight differences in the thermal field for glass and silicon leading to diametrically opposite flow direction with respect to the travelling field for the two materials. In addition, the imposition of slight external temperature gradients is shown to have a large effect on the fluid flow in the device, under certain conditions leading to a reversal of the fluid flow direction.