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An integrated microfluidic chip for generation and transfer of reactive species using gas plasma

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posted on 2020-01-24, 14:41 authored by Oladayo Ogunyinka, Alexander Wright, Guido Bolognesi, Felipe IzaFelipe Iza, Hemaka BandulasenaHemaka Bandulasena

Reactive species produced by atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) are useful in many applications including disinfection, pretreatment, catalysis, detection and chemical synthesis. Most highly reactive species produced by plasma, such as ·OH, 1O2 and , are short-lived; therefore, in-situ generation is essential to transfer plasma products to the liquid phase efficiently. A novel microfluidic device that generates a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma at the gas-liquid interface and disperses the reactive species generated using microbubbles of ca. 200 µm in diameter has been developed and tested. As the bubble size affects the mass transfer performance of the device, the effect of operating parameters and plasma discharge on generated bubbles size has been studied. The mass transfer performance of the device was evaluated by transferring the reactive species generated to an aqueous solution containing dye and measuring percentage degradation of the dye. Monodisperse microbubbles (polydispersity index between 2 - 7%) were generated under all examined conditions but for gas flow rate exceeding a critical value, a secondary break-up event occurred after bubble formation leading to multiple monodisperse bubble populations. The generated microbubble size increased by up to ~ 8% when the device was operated with the gas plasma in the dispersed phase compared to the case without the plasma due to thermal expansion of the feed gas. At the optimal operating conditions, initial dye concentration was reduced by ~60% in a single pass with a residence time of 5-10 s. This microfluidic chip has the potential to play a significant role in lab-on-a-chip devices where highly reactive species are essential for the process.


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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Published in

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volume

24

Publisher

Springer Verlag

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© The Authors

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Acceptance date

2019-12-24

Publication date

2020-01-27

Copyright date

2020

ISSN

1613-4982

eISSN

1613-4990

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Hemaka Bandulasena . Deposit date: 19 January 2020

Article number

13

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