Journal
SENSORS
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21051710
Keywords
microfluidics; microwaves; sensors; LTCC; PDMS; PMMA; silicon; microfluidic-microwave devices
Funding
- Polish National Science Centre [2016/23/B/ST7/00932]
- Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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The increase in microfluidic-microwave devices can be attributed to the ease of integrating microwave circuits and microfluidic components, as well as the four main manufacturing trends and three main application fields of these devices. These devices are used for dielectric heating, microwave-based detection, and microwave-enhanced chemistry, with functionalities including heating or delivering microwave power and detecting dielectric parameters in liquid channels.
The constant increase in the number of microfluidic-microwave devices can be explained by various advantages, such as relatively easy integration of various microwave circuits in the device, which contains microfluidic components. To achieve the aforementioned solutions, four trends of manufacturing appear-manufacturing based on epoxy-glass laminates, polymer materials (mostly common in use are polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and polymethyl 2-methylpropenoate (PMMA)), glass/silicon substrates, and Low-Temperature Cofired Ceramics (LTCCs). Additionally, the domains of applications the microwave-microfluidic devices can be divided into three main fields-dielectric heating, microwave-based detection in microfluidic devices, and the reactors for microwave-enhanced chemistry. Such an approach allows heating or delivering the microwave power to the liquid in the microchannels, as well as the detection of its dielectric parameters. This article consists of a literature review of exemplary solutions that are based on the above-mentioned technologies with the possibilities, comparison, and exemplary applications based on each aforementioned technology.
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