Journal: Micromachines
Article Title: Rapid Fabrication of Low-Cost Thermal Bubble-Driven Micro-Pumps
doi: 10.3390/mi13101634
Figure Lengend Snippet: Particle Tracking Process—describes the particle tracking process. ( a ) shows a dry milli-channel of cross-section A = 515 × 315 μ m 2 and length L = 13.268 mm with a 300 × 700 μ m 2 TMP resistor placed 1027 μ m from the reservoir edge. ( b ) shows neutrally buoyant micro-spheres with a diameter of D = 27–32 μ m in a channel filled with water. A MATLAB implementation of the interactive data language, IDL, particle tracking software is used to mark particles ( c ) and link particle movement into trajectories ( d ). Particle trajectories are colored in accordance to average velocity in which the fastest moving particles (shown in yellow with a velocity of 19.2 μ m/pulse) are near the center of the channel while the slowest (shown in blue with a velocity of less than 1 μ m/pulse) are towards the walls.
Article Snippet: A MATLAB implementation of the interactive data language, IDL, particle tracking software [ ] was used to identify and track particle movement. illustrates the particle tracking process.
Techniques: Software