ReviewMicromachines2020
Actuation Mechanism of Microvalves: A Review.
Review in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.
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Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biologically motivated magnetic microfluidic rheostats for precise and scalable flow control.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2026Article
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- Periodic Flows in Microfluidics.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Review
- Novel thermoplastic microvalves based on an elastomeric cyclic olefin copolymer.Lab on a chip · 2024Article
- Untethered soft magnetic pump for microfluidics-based Marangoni surfer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Programmed Internal Reconfigurations in a 3D-Printed Mechanical Metamaterial Enable Fluidic Control for a Vertically Stacked Valve Array.Advanced functional materials · 2024Article
- Experimental Study on SPR Array Sensing Chip Integrated with Microvalves.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Magnetically driven capsules with multimodal response and multifunctionality for biomedical applications.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Modular microfluidics for life sciences.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2023Review
- A review of piezoelectric MEMS sensors and actuators for gas detection application.Discover nano · 2023Review
- Fabrication of Multi-Material Pneumatic Actuators and Microactuators Using Stereolithography.Micromachines · 2023Article
- RNA cytometry of single-cells using semi-permeable microcapsules.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- Microvalves for Applications in Centrifugal Microfluidics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Acellular Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts from Polymers: Methods, Achievements, Characterization, and Challenges.Polymers · 2022Review
- Characterization of a Droplet Containing the Clustered Magnetic Beads Manipulation by Magnetically Actuated Chips.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Review of Bubble Applications in Microrobotics: Propulsion, Manipulation, and Assembly.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Flow Regulation Performance Analysis of Microfluidic Passive Valve for High Throughput Liquid Delivery.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Compact Microfluidic Platform with LED Light-Actuated Valves for Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Automation.Biosensors · 2022Article
- A High-Performance Synthetic Jet Piezoelectric Air Pump with Petal-Shaped Channel.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
The microvalve is one of the most important components in microfluidics. With decades of development, the microvalve has been widely used in many industries such as life science, chemical engineering, chip, and so forth. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the progress made over the past years about microvalves based on different actuation mechanisms. According to driving sources, plenty of actuation mechanisms are developed and adopted in microvalves, including electricity, magnetism, gas, material and creature, surface acoustic wave, and so on. Although there are currently a variety of microvalves, problems such as leakage, low precision, poor reliability, high energy consumption, and high cost still exist. Problems deserving to be further addressed are suggested, aimed at materials, fabrication methods, controlling performances, flow characteristics, and applications.
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