Fabrication and characterization of an electromagnetic valve in a microfluidic device

Abstract

In microfluidic devices, the integration of micro-sensors, reactors and actuators can result in a portable systems allowing the developing of several applications. In this work we fabricated and tested an electromagnetic valve which is compatible with a previously fabricated microfluidic sensor. The valve can be used to control the flux over a microchannel or even be combined to form a nozzle-diffuser micropump.