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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Osaka University, Osaka, JP;
Masato Saito, Suita, JP;
Eiichi Tamiya, Suita, JP;
OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thermal convection generating device () that generates thermal convection of a liquid by heating or cooling the liquid and applying centrifugal force to the liquid, the thermal convection generating device including: a stage () to which a thermal convection generating chip () is attachable and detachable, the thermal convection generating chip including a disk-like substrate () and a thermal convection pathway () formed in a surface of the disk-like substrate that is perpendicular to an axis (AX) of the disk-like substrate, and being configured to rotate about the axis of the disk-like substrate to apply centrifugal force to a liquid in the thermal convection pathway; a heat controller () that heats or cools a portion of the thermal convection pathway; a motor () that drives the thermal convection generating chip to rotate about the axis; and a controller () that controls the heat controller and the motor.