@article{31516,
  author = {Behrouz Tavakol and Michael Bozlar and Christian Punct and Guillaume Froehlicher and Howard A. Stone and Ilhan A. Aksay and Douglas P. Holmes},
  title = {Buckling of Dielectric Elastomeric Plates for Soft, Electrically Active Microfluidic Pumps},
  abstract = { <p>
	<span id="top">Elastic instabilities, when properly implemented within soft, mechanical structures, can generate advanced functionality. In this work, we use the voltage-induced buckling of thin, flexible plates to pump fluids within a microfluidic channel. The soft electrodes that enable electrical actuation are compatible with fluids, and undergo large, reversible deformations. We quantified the onset of voltage-induced buckling, and measured the flow rate within the microchannel. This embeddable, flexible microfluidic pump will aid in the generation of new stand-alone microfluidic devices that require a tunable flow rate.</span>
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 },
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Soft Matter},
  volume = {10},
  pages = {4789},
  language = {eng},
}