DEVELOPMENT OF MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL PLATFORM

将微观流体处理系统集成到一个紧凑的装置中。我们最近开发了一种微型泵装置，它包括十个电渗透泵在它的名片大小的身体。由于泵装置作为多个压力产生源，我们可以通过在该装置上堆叠额外的流体层来实现紧凑和功能的微流体系统。利用它，我们成功地演示了两个基本的流体处理实验；层流控制和微阀操作。这些实例表明，所开发的泵装置有助于缩小微流体系统的总设置。

The integration of microscopic fluid handling system into a compact device has been performed. We have newly developed a miniaturized pump device, which includes ten electroosmotic pumps in its business-card sized body. Since the pump device acts as multiple pressure-generating sources, we can materialize a compact and functional microfluidic system by stacking additional fluidic layers on that unit. Using it, we have successfully demonstrated two fundamental fluid-handling experiments ; a laminar flow control and a micro valve operation. These demonstrations show the developed pump device contributes much to downsizing of the total setup of microfluidic systems.