A Performance-testing Platform for a Conduction Micropump with an FR-4 Copper-clad Electrode Plate

J Vis Exp. 2017 Oct 9:(128):55867. doi: 10.3791/55867.

Abstract

Here, a conduction micropump with symmetric planar electrode pairs prepared on flame-retardant glass-reinforced epoxy (FR-4) copper-clad laminate (CCL) is fabricated. It is used to investigate the influence of chamber dimensions on the performance of a conduction micropump and to determine the reliability of the conduction pump when acetone is used as the working fluid. A testing platform is set up to evaluate conduction micropump performance under different conditions. When the chamber height is 0.2 mm, the pump pressure reaches its peak value.

Publication types

  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / instrumentation*
  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / methods
  • Reproducibility of Results

Substances

  • Copper