A Three-Dimentional Micro Flow Generated by an Optical Rotator
Abstract
Microfluidic systems will be widely used in the future μ-TAS and DNA analyses. Due to the small Reynolds number in a microchannel, mixing is performed by increasing the contact area between two liquid. Here, we propose an active method to stir a liquid using an optically-driven micro-rotator. In this report, we have analyzed the micro-liquid velocity vectors around the rotators at different depths for both horizontal and vertical rotations.
- Publication:
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IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2003ITEIS.123.1921U
- Keywords:
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- optical rotation;
- shuttlecock rotator;
- micro flow;
- agitation;
- 3D observation;
- velocity vector;
- flux amount