Electro-osmosis

Summary

Electroosmotic flow (or electro-osmotic flow, often abbreviated EOF; synonymous with electroosmosis or electroendosmosis) is the motion of liquid induced by an applied potential across a porous material, capillary tube, membrane, microchannel, or any other fluid conduit. Because electroosmotic velocities are independent of conduit size, as long as the electrical double layer is much smaller than the characteristic length scale of the channel, electroosmotic flow will have little effect. Electroosmotic flow is most significant when in small channels. Electroosmotic flow is an essential component in chemical separation techniques, notably capillary electrophoresis. Electroosmotic flow can occur in natural unfiltered water, as well as buffered solutions. History Electro-osmotic flow was first reported in 1807 by Ferdinand Friedrich Reuss (18 February 1778 (Tübingen, Germany) – 14 April 1852 (Stuttgart, Germany)) in an unpublished lecture before the Physical-Medical Society o

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Nico de Rooij, Luca Ribetto

AC electroosmosis is a convenient valveless method to pump liquids, whilst avoiding electrolysis and gas generation. Basic designs presented in the literature often have limited velocity or pressure capabilities. This paper reports a simple approach to the design and fabrication of AC electroosmotic (ACEO) micropumps with electrodes that completely surround the channel. We present a fabrication process with two lithographic steps and show that the new prototypes allow for a dramatic increase of the velocity generation - up to 360% compared to devices where electrodes are placed only on one side of the channel.

IEEE2012

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Danick Briand, Jérôme Courbat, Nico de Rooij, Luca Ribetto

Standalone integrated microfuidic systems require pumping elements. Electro-osmosis (EO) is an e"ective method of actuating liquids [1,2]. ACEO exploits much lower potentials and, by using alternating fields, overcomes the issues of electrolysis and gas generation

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Anne-Laure Gassner, Hubert Girault

A bubble cell capillary classically used to extend the optical path length for UV-vis detection is employed here to trap magnetic beads. With this system, a large amount of beads can be captured without inducing a strong pressure drop, as it is the case with magnetic beads trapped in a standard capillary, thereby having less effect on the experimental conditions. Using numerical simulations and microscopic visualizations, the capture of beads inside a bubble cell was investigated with two magnet configurations. Pressure-driven and electro-osmotic flow velocities were measured for different amounts of protein-A-coated beads or C18-functionalized beads (RPC-18). Solid-phase extraction of a model antibody on protein-A beads and preconcentration of fluorescein on RPC-18 beads were performed as proof of concept experiments.

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