An acoustic micromixer using low-powered voice coil actuation

• Main Authors: Kim, Noori, Chan, Wei Xuan, Ng, Sum Huan, Yoon, Yong-Jin
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Microfluidic; Micromixer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142337
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A low-powered acoustic micromixer has been presented in this paper. This newly invented system consists of an open-top mixing chamber and a permanent magnet mixer base. A voice coil is attached to the bottom of the mixing chamber with a polydimethylsiloxane membrane. The optimal driving frequency of...