Doppler-Based Flow Rate Sensing in Microfluidic Channels

作者:Stern Liron; Bakal Avraham; Tzur Mor; Veinguer Maya; Mazurski Noa; Cohen Nadav; Levy Uriel*
来源:Sensors (Switzerland), 2014, 14(9): 16799-16807.
DOI:10.3390/s140916799

摘要

We design, fabricate and experimentally demonstrate a novel generic method to detect flow rates and precise changes of flow velocity in microfluidic devices. Using our method we can measure flow rates of similar to 2 mm/s with a resolution of 0.08 mm/s. The operation principle is based on the Doppler shifting of light diffracted from a self-generated periodic array of bubbles within the channel and using self-heterodyne detection to analyze the diffracted light. As such, the device is appealing for variety of "lab on chip" bio-applications where a simple and accurate speed measurement is needed, e. g., for flow-cytometry and cell sorting.

  • 出版日期2014-9