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Electric fields enable precise fluid pumping in microfluidic devices through various phenomena like electroosmosis and dielectrophoresis. Understanding these mechanisms is key for efficient microfluidic applications.

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  • Microfluidics
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Electrokinetics

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  • Precise fluid control is essential in microfluidic devices.
  • Electric field-driven pumping offers an efficient non-mechanical method for fluid transport in microchannels.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review fundamental physics and theories of electric field-induced fluid pumping mechanisms in microdevices.
  • To systematically discuss various electrokinetic phenomena used for microfluidic pumping.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of electroosmosis, AC electroosmosis, AC electrothermal, induced charge electroosmosis, traveling wave dielectrophoresis, and liquid dielectrophoresis.
  • Theoretical analysis using generalized Maxwell stress tensor and effective dipole moment methods.
  • Highlighting experimental and theoretical research for each pumping mechanism.

Main Results:

  • Identification of key parameters influencing each electric field-driven pumping phenomenon.
  • Detailed explanation of the electric field-driven body force term for each mechanism.
  • Comprehensive overview of the physics governing these microscale phenomena.

Conclusions:

  • A thorough understanding of these phenomena and their parameters is critical for selecting and optimizing electric field-driven pumping in microfluidic systems.
  • This review provides a foundation for advancing microfluidic device design and application through informed pumping mechanism selection.