Microfluidics/Driving flows at small scales
It is difficult to produce small turbines. Pumping fluid from outside is easier, but it is not simple to integrate as many tubings.
Specific solutions are needed: we list some of them below:
Electrokinetic effects
[edit | edit source]Electrostatics in solution
- Electro-osmosis
- Electro-phoresis
- Dielectrophoresis
Acoustic streaming
[edit | edit source]- Quartz wind
- Boundary-induced streaming
- Cavitation micro-streaming
Fluid structure interactions
[edit | edit source]- Soft walls
- Intelligent walls made of a responsive gel