Design of Microfluidic Sensing and Transport Device

Masoumeh Asgharighajari^1, , Nurul Amziah¹, Nasri Sulaiman¹ and Sherif Adebayo Sodeinde²

¹Department of Engineering, UPM, Serdang, Malaysia

²Department of Engineering, University of Sunderland U.K

Cite this paper:
Masoumeh Asgharighajari, Nurul Amziah, Nasri Sulaiman and Sherif Adebayo Sodeinde. Design of Microfluidic Sensing and Transport Device. Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology. 2015; 3(1):15-20. doi: 10.12691/jbet-3-1-3

Abstract

This study presents detection of microfluidic droplet using an impedance measurement, study carried out with available commercial material such as copper. Model of channel and electrode, geometry a sweep from different point for sensor optimization and simulation. The study focus on admittance measurement for modeling compare to other available design with capacitive measurement. The model become more easy and in-expensive as less circuit required for electronics model. The study indicates how peak voltage can implement to measure speed of a fluid in a channel.

Keywords:
impedance electric field conductivity channel electrode geometry

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