Transient ζ-potential measurements in hydrophobic, TOPAS microfluidic substrates
✍ Scribed by Vishal Tandon; Sharath K. Bhagavatula; Brian J. Kirby
- Book ID
- 102184850
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0173-0835
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We utilize time‐resolved electrokinetic measurements in order to study the electrokinetic properties of silica and TOPAS microfluidic channels as a function of the time history of the fluid–solid interface. In pressure‐driven flow through TOPAS microchannels, the ζ‐potential as inferred from streaming potential measurements decays exponentially by a factor of 1.5 with a characteristic decay time of 3 h after the initial formation of the fluid–solid interface. A similar exponential decay is observed immediately after water is exchanged for ethanol as the solvent in the system. In electroosmotically driven flow through TOPAS microchannels, the ζ‐potential as inferred through current monitoring experiments was constant in time. No electrokinetic transients were observed in silica microchannels under these flow conditions.