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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anita Rogacs, Redwood City, CA (US);
Juan G. Santiago, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); F16K 99/0032 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0816 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0883 (2013.01); B01L 2300/14 (2013.01); B01L 2400/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Control of fluid flow in a fluidic network is provided by controlling phase transitions of a phase-change material between a liquid phase and a non-fluid phase. The phase-change material is disposed at ports of the fluidic network where the fluidic network is in communication with an ambient. This advantageously provides control of pressure-driven flow within the fluidic network without altering properties of fluids within the fluidic network.