ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2016
A Laminar Flow-Based Microfluidic Tesla Pump via Lithography Enabled 3D Printing.
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- CFD Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Continuous Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles Using 2D and 3D Micromixers.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Synthesis of Nanoscale Liposomes via Low-Cost Microfluidic Systems.Micromachines · 2020Article
- Miniature 3D-Printed Centrifugal Pump with Non-Contact Electromagnetic Actuation.Micromachines · 2019Article
- Engineering of Removing Sacrificial Materials in 3D-Printed Microfluidics.Micromachines · 2018Article
- Recent Advancements towards Full-System Microfluidics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Tesla turbine and its applications in power generation and fluid flow were demonstrated by Nicholas Tesla in 1913. However, its real-world implementations were limited by the difficulty to maintain laminar flow between rotor disks, transient efficiencies during rotor acceleration, and the lack of other applications that fully utilize the continuous flow outputs. All of the aforementioned limits of Tesla turbines can be addressed by scaling to the microfluidic flow regime. Demonstrated here is a microscale Tesla pump designed and fabricated using a Digital Light Processing (DLP) based 3D printer with 43 µm lateral and 30 µm thickness resolutions. The miniaturized pump is characterized by low Reynolds number of 1000 and a flow rate of up to 12.6 mL/min at 1200 rpm, unloaded. It is capable of driving a mixer network to generate microfluidic gradient. The continuous, laminar flow from Tesla turbines is well-suited to the needs of flow-sensitive microfluidics, where the integrated pump will enable numerous compact lab-on-a-chip applications.
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