Development of Passive Liquid Valve (PLV) Utilizing a Pressure Equilibrium Phenomenon on the Centrifugal Microfluidic Platform

• Main Authors: Al-Faqheri, Wisam, Ibrahim, Fatimah, Tzer, Hwai Gilbert Thio, Bahari, Norulain, Arof, Hamzah, Rothan, Hussin A., Yusof, Rohana, Madou, Marc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/15/1/Development%20of%20Passive%20Liquid%20Valve%20%28PLV%29%20Utilizing%20a%20Pressure%20Equilibrium%20Phenomenon%20on%20the%20Centrifugal%20Microfluidic%20Platform.pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/15/; http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

In this paper, we propose an easy-to-implement passive liquid valve (PLV) for the microfluidic compact-disc (CD). This valve can be implemented by introducing venting chambers to control the air flow of the source and destination chambers. The PLV mechanism is based on equalizing the main forces act...