Fig. 4: The relationship between applied power and time to actuate.
From: Thermally-actuated microfluidic membrane valve for point-of-care applications
a Power required to actuate one valve according to Eq. (3) using Olive Oil, FC-40 or water as the expansion medium. The inset table shows the required power values when time to actuate is 2 s. b Experimental results of time elapsed to reach a certain ΔV are shown as blue circles denoted ‘Experimental’. The expected duty cycle and time elapsed according to Eq. (3) is plotted as a solid line denoted ‘Theoretical’. Curve fit to the experimental data is shown as a dashed line denoted ‘Curve Fit’. The inset table shows R2 values for the curves
