Fluidic system, use, and method for operating the same
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMichael Bassler, Klaus Stefan Drese, Daniel Latta
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AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsMichael Bassler, Klaus Stefan Drese, Daniel Latta
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A fluidic system having a first volume, a second volume and a membrane geometrically separating the two volumes, which has an open-pore microstructure for the passage of a first medium and a second medium. There is a contact angle (Θ) between the interface of the media and the pore surface. A first electrical field in the region of the membrane and a first electromagnetic radiation and a first heating of the membrane define a first state (Z1), in which the membrane is not wetted or is less wetted by the first medium and is more heavily wetted by the second medium such that a first contact angle Θ1>90° is formed between the pore surface and the interface. The first medium and the second medium and the pore surface have a surface energy of which at least one surface energy can be reversibly changed in such a way that a second contact angle Θ2<Θ1 occurs between the pore surface and the interface in a second state (Z2).
A fluidic system comprising:
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