Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

5-5-2020

Abstract

A magnetohydrodynamic microfluidic system and a method of pumping a fluid using a magnetohydrodynamic system are disclosed. The method includes applying at least one of an electric current and an electric voltage to a first modified electrode and a second electrode to generate an ionic current between the first modified electrode and the second electrode and to cause a current carrying species to move to or from the modified electrode, applying a magnetic field perpendicular to an ionic current vector, the magnetic field and the ionic current combining to induce flow of the fluid in a direction perpendicular to the magnetic field and the ionic current vector, and maintaining fluid flow by recharging the modified electrode.

Department

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Patent Number

US10641732

Application Number

US 20180238830 A1

Application Published

8-23-2018

Application Filed

4-19-2018

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Comments

Ingrid Fritsch, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
David Parette, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Foysal Z. Khan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

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