Device for controlling fluid motion into micro/nanochannels by means of surface acoustic waves
US8393356B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/2196
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for controlling fluid motion in a micro/nanofluidic structure of channels by means of surface acoustic waves is described. The device comprises a structured volume of material bearing a predetermined configuration of micro/nanofluidic channels for holding and transferring amounts of fluids adapted to define at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet and presenting a hydrophobic behaviour for the fluids to be handled and a substrate made of material with piezoelectric properties coupled to the micro/nanofluidic channels.
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