STTR Phase I: A Software Simulator For Magnetohydrodynamic-Based Microfluidic Networks

STTR 第一阶段：基于磁流体动力学的微流体网络的软件模拟器

• 批准号: 0339525
• 负责人: Prabhu Arumugam
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: SFC Fluidics, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-01-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0339525&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Software; Simulator; Magnetohydrodynamic

This Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Phase I project proposes to develop a design tool for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) based microfluidic devices. SFC Fluidics' exclusive MHD microfluidic technology has the potential to play an important role in the emerging microfluidic applications market, but this requires the availability of an application development design tool for MHD microfluidic devices. No such design tool presently exists. In Phase I, a software program that will be able to predict the flow characteristics of an MHD microfluidic system given user defined design parameters will be developed. MHD microfluidic networks can potentially provide an elegant, inexpensive, flexible, customizable fluidic platform that will allow one to move fluids along programmable paths, stir liquids, and facilitate chemical and biological interaction and thermal cycling. While no single approach to microfluidic control works well for all applications, the proposed approach has several unique advantages that make it very promising for many applications.Much of the current laboratory equipment and instrumentation existing today can potentially be implemented in a laboratory-on-a-chip configuration using microfluidics. This potential transformation has been compared by some to the transformation in electronics that occurred upon the transition from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits. The anticipated advantages include increased speed and performance, reduced materials usage, reduced size and power requirements, improved reliability and robustness, and reduced opportunity for contamination. As an enabling technology, MHD-based microfluidics could improve microfluidic technology for a wide variety of devices, leading to smaller, less expensive, more portable and more sensitive devices for industrial, medical, and defense purposes. MHD-based microfluidics can move samples through fluidic channels at pl/min to ml/min flow rates without moving parts, and without bulky power supplies, making the technology especially well suited for handheld devices. Successful development of MHD-based microfluidics will further knowledge about microfluidic systems, and will lead to more advanced microfluidic devices.

这个小型企业技术转移研究（STTR）第一阶段项目建议开发一种基于磁流体动力学（MHD）的微流体装置的设计工具。SFC Fluidics独有的MHD微流控技术有潜力在新兴的微流控应用市场中发挥重要作用，但这需要MHD微流控设备的应用开发设计工具的可用性。目前还不存在这样的设计工具。在第一阶段，将开发一个软件程序，该软件程序将能够在给定用户定义的设计参数的情况下预测MHD微流体系统的流动特性。MHD微流体网络可以提供一个优雅、廉价、灵活、可定制的流体平台，允许人们沿着可编程的路径移动流体，搅拌液体，促进化学和生物相互作用以及热循环。虽然没有单一的微流体控制方法适用于所有应用，但所提出的方法有几个独特的优点，使其在许多应用中非常有前途。目前存在的许多实验室设备和仪器仪表都可以使用微流体在芯片上的实验室配置中实现。这种潜在的转变被一些人比作电子学中发生的从真空管到集成电路的转变。预期的优势包括提高速度和性能，减少材料使用，减小尺寸和功率要求，提高可靠性和稳健性，减少污染机会。作为一项使能技术，基于mhd的微流控技术可以改善各种设备的微流控技术，从而为工业，医疗和国防目的提供更小，更便宜，更便携和更敏感的设备。基于mhd的微流体可以以pl/min至ml/min的流速通过流体通道移动样品，而无需移动部件，也无需笨重的电源，使该技术特别适合手持设备。基于mhd的微流控技术的成功开发将进一步加深人们对微流控系统的认识，并将导致更先进的微流控设备的出现。