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Title: Electroosmotic flow in microchannel with black silicon nanostructures
Authors: Lim, An Eng
Lim, Chun Yee
Lam, Yee Cheong
Taboryski, Rafael
Keywords: Reactive Ion Etching
Micro-/nanofabrication
Issue Date: 2018
Source: Lim, A. E., Lim, C. Y., Lam, Y. C., & Taboryski, R. (2018). Electroosmotic Flow in Microchannel with Black Silicon Nanostructures. Micromachines, 9(5), 229-.
Series/Report no.: Micromachines
Abstract: Although electroosmotic flow (EOF) has been applied to drive fluid flow in microfluidic chips, some of the phenomena associated with it can adversely affect the performance of certain applications such as electrophoresis and ion preconcentration. To minimize the undesirable effects, EOF can be suppressed by polymer coatings or introduction of nanostructures. In this work, we presented a novel technique that employs the Dry Etching, Electroplating and Molding (DEEMO) process along with reactive ion etching (RIE), to fabricate microchannel with black silicon nanostructures (prolate hemispheroid-like structures). The effect of black silicon nanostructures on EOF was examined experimentally by current monitoring method, and numerically by finite element simulations. The experimental results showed that the EOF velocity was reduced by 13 ± 7%, which is reasonably close to the simulation results that predict a reduction of approximately 8%. EOF reduction is caused by the distortion of local electric field at the nanostructured surface. Numerical simulations show that the EOF velocity decreases with increasing nanostructure height or decreasing diameter. This reveals the potential of tuning the etching process parameters to generate nanostructures for better EOF suppression. The outcome of this investigation enhances the fundamental understanding of EOF behavior, with implications on the precise EOF control in devices utilizing nanostructured surfaces for chemical and biological analyses.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89013
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44852
DOI: 10.3390/mi9050229
Schools: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 
Rights: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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