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Single Droplet Jetting Mechanism Based on Parallel Travelling Rayleigh Surface Acoustic Waves

  • Yulin Lei
  • , Hong Hu*
  • , Junlong Han
  • , Qingyun Huang
  • , Xiaoqing Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Single droplet jetting is investigated in this paper. Jetting was induced by parallel travelling surface acoustic wave (PTRSAW) devices with straight inter-digital transducers (SIDTs), which were fabricated on a double-sided polished, 0.5 mm-thick, 128° Y-X single-crystal LiNbO3 substrate. The PTRSAW device was mainly composed of two sets of symmetrically distributed SIDTs connected in parallel, which induced two columns of 29.1 MHz PTRSAWs simultaneously. A single droplet jetting phenomenon with 0.8 μL of deionised water was captured by a microscope with a high-speed camera. The experimental results show that this method has the advantages of strong driving ability, simple device structure, instant reaction and high ejection efficiency. A complete mathematical model of droplet jetting based on RSAW technology is established and realised by COMSOL finite element simulation software with a multi-physics interface of laminar two-phase flow and level set. The droplet jetting mechanism was analysed from the liquid volume fraction distribution, pressure and velocity evolution during the jetting process. The characteristics of the jetting droplets is strongly dependent on the SAW streaming force, which is well supported the experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE 13th International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages154-157
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728166483
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event13th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED 2019 - Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 21 Nov 201924 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED
Volume2020-November
ISSN (Print)2159-6964
ISSN (Electronic)2159-6972

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering, NANOMED 2019
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityGwangju
Period21/11/1924/11/19

Keywords

  • Laminar Two-Phase Flow
  • Level Set
  • Single droplet jetting
  • parallel travelling surface acoustic wave (PTRSAW)

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