Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 268-279Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-004-0002-y
Keywords
microfluidics; gas microflow; rarefaction; microchannel
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The main theoretical and experimental results from the literature about steady pressure-driven gas microflows are summarized. Among the different gas flow regimes in microchannels, the slip flow regime is the most frequently encountered. For this reason, the slip flow regime is particularly detailed and the question of appropriate choice of boundary conditions is discussed. It is shown that using second-order boundary conditions allows us to extend the applicability of the slip flow regime to higher Knudsen numbers that are Usually relevant to the transition regime. The review of pulsed flows is also presented, as this kind of flow is frequently encountered in micropumps. The influence of slip on the frequency behavior (pressure gain and phase) of microchannels is illustrated. When subjected to sinusoidal pressure fluctuations, microdiffusers reveal a diode effect which depends on the frequency. This diode effect may be reversed when the depth is shrunk from a few hundred to a few pm. Thermally driven flows in microchannels are also described. They are particularly interesting for vacuum generation using microsystems without moving parts.
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