Research Article

PDE Modeling of a Microfluidic Thermal Process for Genetic Analysis Application

Table 1

Parameter values of PCR-LOC chip model.

ParameterSymbolValueUnit

Inner radius of heater 2.3mm
Heater trace width 200μm
Chip radius 4.94mm
Chip height 2.10mm
Heater power 0.77W
Thermal conductivity of Borofloat glass 1.11W/(m·K)
Density of Borofloat glass 2200Kg/m3
Thermal capacity of Borofloat glass 830J/K