Droplet manipulation using ZnO/sapphire based saw devices

Authors

S Kandasamy
Devendra Maurya, Edith Cowan University
R T Tjeung
J. R. Friend
Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

Faculty

Faculty of Computing, Health and Science

School

Electron Science Research Institute

RAS ID

14278

Comments

Kandasamy, S., Maurya, D. , Tjeung, R., Friend, J., & Alameh, K. (2012). Droplet manipulation using ZnO/sapphire based saw devices. Proceedings of International Symposium on Macro- and Supramolecular Architecture and Materials MAM-2012. (pp. 25-28). Coimbatore, India. Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.

Abstract

The hybrid ZnO/Sapphire material is selected to exploit the collective benefits of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) and sapphire for the development of a high performance Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) device. The microfluidic applications of ZnO/Sapphire layered surface acoustic wave devices are discussed. In addition, acoustic streaming in droplets is investigated using a custom-made ZnO/Sapphire layered device. Experimental results show that a maximum acoustic streaming of ~600 µm/s is achieved when the device is operated at 158 MHz.

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