An Overview of Modeling and Simulation for Lab-on-a-Chip Applications

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Catarino, SO (Author) Other; Minas, G (Author) Other; Miranda, JM (Author) FEUP; Lanceros Mendez, S (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 3rd Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting, ENBENG 2013 - Book of Proceedings

3rd Portuguese Bioengineering Meeting

Braga, PORTUGAL, FEB 20-23, 2013

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental biotechnology

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Authenticus ID: P-006-FH3

DOI: 10.1109/enbeng.2013.6518397

Abstract (EN): The research team has been focused, in the last years, on lab-on-a-chip devices for clinical applications, where the acoustic streaming technique is used for promoting the mixing, the pumping and the chemical reactions of fluids inside the microstructures. This paper describes an overview of the advances achieved by the group in the modeling and simulation areas. In particular, it is focused the modeling and simulation of the acoustic streaming generated by a piezoelectric transducer: poly(vinylidene fluoride) - PVDF. The modeling of the acoustic streaming phenomenon includes the study of the piezoelectric effect generated by the transducers, the compressible Navier-Stokes equations and the heat transfer equations. The numerical results validate the experimental results previously achieved by the team and may represent a potential breakthrough in microfluids mixing.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4