Piezoelectric pumps have obtained considerable significance and have become the focus
area of research for biomedicine, fuel supply, liquid cooling, chemistry and precision driving …

This review discusses various bonding strategies for fabricating microfluidic devices, with a
special emphasis on the modification of the surface assisted by the use of chemicals to …

There has been a substantial amount of research on liquid pumps operated by solid-state
electroactive smart material actuators since the first such pump was developed in 1975 …

A package-level peristaltic piezoelectric micropump has been designed and fabricated in
utilizing multilayer ceramic fabrication methods. The device was fabricated using …

For soft robots, fluid power is an essential propulsion technique. The pump, which is the
“heart” of these systems, has significant issues with size, weight, and noise. It also needs to …

In this study a modified technique is presented for bonding PDMS membrane to PMMA
substrate using thin SiO 2 intermediate layer to enhance PMMA surface's hydrophilicity, and …

The advancements in drug delivery system are of great value when the betterment of human
life comes into one's mind. Although so many improvisations have already been done over …

In this article the frequency response of a thermal micropump is investigated using electrical
network analogy modeling technique. This technique is based on dividing the micropump …

The incorporation of active piezoelectric elements and fluidic components into micro-
electromechanical systems (MEMS) is of great interest for the development of sensors …

This dissertation investigates the development of a multistage micro gas compressor
utilizing multiple pump stages cascaded in series to increase the pressure rise with passive …