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AC Electrokinetic Phenomena Generated by Microelectrode Structures
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Experimental verification of Faradaic charging in ac electrokinetics

Wee Yang Ng, Yee Cheong Lam, Isabel Rodríguez

    Biomicrofluidics
    |August 21, 2009
    PubMed
    Summary

    Faradaic reactions in AC electrokinetics were confirmed to produce ions, influencing fluid flow. This study provides a method to detect these ions and control flow direction using DC-biased AC electrokinetics.

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