Numerical simulation and experimental study of the electroosmotic flow in open microfluidic chip based on super-wettability surface

• Published in: Colloid and interface science communications Vol. 45; p. 100516
• Main Authors: Jiang, Shuyue, Zhang, Haifeng, Chen, Liang, Li, Yiping, Sang, Shengtian, Liu, Xiaowei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Electroosmotic flow; Microfluidic chip; Super-hydrophilic microchannel; Superhydrophobic surface; Electroosmotic flow; Microfluidic chip; Superhydrophobic surface; Super-hydrophilic microchannel

The traditional bonding technology severely limits the development of microfluidic chip owing to the complicated techniques, the blockage and deformation of microchannels, etc. In this paper, an open microfluidic chip based on super-wettability surface is proposed to avoid the bonding technology. Th...