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| Title |
Liquid metal enabled pump
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1319878111 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Shi-Yang Tang, Khashayar Khoshmanesh, Vijay Sivan, Phred Petersen, Anthony P. O’Mullane, Derek Abbott, Arnan Mitchell, Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh |
| Abstract |
Small-scale pumps will be the heartbeat of many future micro/nanoscale platforms. However, the integration of small-scale pumps is presently hampered by limited flow rate with respect to the input power, and their rather complicated fabrication processes. These issues arise as many conventional pumping effects require intricate moving elements. Here, we demonstrate a system that we call the liquid metal enabled pump, for driving a range of liquids without mechanical moving parts, upon the application of modest electric field. This pump incorporates a droplet of liquid metal, which induces liquid flow at high flow rates, yet with exceptionally low power consumption by electrowetting/deelectrowetting at the metal surface. We present theory explaining this pumping mechanism and show that the operation is fundamentally different from other existing pumps. The presented liquid metal enabled pump is both efficient and simple, and thus has the potential to fundamentally advance the field of microfluidics. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 170 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 165 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 15% |
| Researcher | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 24 | 14% |
| Unknown | 33 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 71 | 42% |
| Materials Science | 17 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 6% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 5% |
| Chemical Engineering | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 8% |
| Unknown | 45 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 August 2019.
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