Electrostatic pump KU Leuven
A microfluidic pumping system for providing continuous or pulsed pumping action of a sample fluid along a microfluidic channel (301, 401) of a microfluidic device is described. The pumping system comprises at least one actuator (405) comprising an actuator channel (305) and polarizing means (306) for generating pumping fluid motion, and at least one microfluidic rectification system (304, 310, 402, 403) for facilitating the flow of a sample fluid in a predetermined direction, the at least one microfluidic rectification system (304, 310, 402, 403) being laid out in or along the microfluidic ...