Performance Optimization of Microvalves Based on a Microhole Array for Microfluidic Chips

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Type of chip</td><td class="align_center"><i>h:</i> depth of microhole (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td class="align_center"><i>d</i>: diameter of microhole (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td class="align_center"><i>a</i>: distance between microhole centers (<i>μ</i>m)</td><td class="align_center"><i>l</i>: length of microhole array (mm)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chip A</td><td class="align_center">55</td><td class="align_center">300</td><td class="align_center">400</td><td class="align_center">5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chip B</td><td class="align_center">75</td><td class="align_center">260</td><td class="align_center">350</td><td class="align_center">5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Chip C</td><td class="align_center">95</td><td class="align_center">230</td><td class="align_center">300</td><td class="align_center">5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Three types of microfluidic chips with different sets of microhole array parameters.</div>

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry

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Table 1: Performance Optimization of Microvalves Based on a Microhole Array for Microfluidic Chips 