You are seeing a free-to-access but limited selection of the activity Altmetric has collected about this research output.
Click here to find out more.
Mendeley readers
Attention Score in Context
| Title |
A self-sufficient pressure pump using latex balloons for microfluidic applications
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry & Biology, January 2018
|
| DOI | 10.1039/c8lc00471d |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Thurgood, Jiu Yang Zhu, Ngan Nguyen, Saeid Nahavandi, Aaron R. Jex, Elena Pirogova, Sara Baratchi, Khashayar Khoshmanesh |
| Abstract |
Here, we demonstrate a self-sufficient, inexpensive and disposable pressure pump using commercially available latex balloons. The versatility of the pump is demonstrated against various microfluidic structures, liquid viscosities, and ambient temperatures. The flow rate of the pump can be controlled by varying the size and thickness of the balloon. Importantly, the soft structure of the balloon allows for almost instantaneous change of the flow rate upon manual squeezing of the balloon. This feature has been used for dynamically changing the flow ratio of parallel streams in a T-shaped channel or varying the size of droplets in a droplet generation system. The self-sufficiency, simplicity of fabrication and operation, along with the low-cost of the balloon pump facilitate the widespread application of microfluidic technologies for various research, education, and in situ monitoring purposes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 47 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Researcher | 7 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 16 | 34% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 6% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 3 | 6% |
| Materials Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Unknown | 11 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. 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 14 May 2019.
All research outputs
#955,920
of 25,461,852 outputs
Outputs from Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry & Biology
#157
of 5,942 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#21,846
of 450,092 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry & Biology
#11
of 250 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,461,852 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 96th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,942 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.4. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 450,092 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 250 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its contemporaries.