Self-powered glucose-responsive micropumps

Hua Zhang, Wentao Duan, Mengqian Lu, Xi Zhao, Sergey Shklyaev, Lei Liu, Tony Jun Huang, Ayusman Sen

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Abstract

A self-powered polymeric micropump based on boronate chemistry is described. The pump is triggered by the presence of glucose in ambient conditions and induces convective fluid flows, with pumping velocity proportional to the glucose concentration. The pumping is due to buoyancy convection that originates from reaction-associated heat flux, as verified from experiments and finite difference modeling. As predicted, the fluid flow increases with increasing height of the chamber. In addition, pumping velocity is enhanced on replacing glucose with mannitol because of the enhanced exothermicity associated with the reaction of the latter.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8537-8542
Number of pages6
JournalACS nano
Volume8
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 26 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Materials Science
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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