Electroactive-Polymers (EAPs) are one of the best soft $\mu $ -actuators with great biomedical applications. Ionic ones (i-EAPs) have more promising features and have adequate potential for using in the active microfluidic devices. Here, as a case study, we have designed and fabricated a microfluidic micromixer using an i-EAP named Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC). In microfluidics, active devices have more functionality but due to their required facilities are less effective for Point of Care Tests (POCTs). In the direction of solving this paradox, we should use some active components that they need minimum facilities. IPMC can be one of these components, hence by integrating the IPMC actuator into a microfluidic channel; a micromixer chip was designed and put to the simulation and experimental tests. The result showed that the proposed micromixer can mix the micro fluids properly and the IPMC actuator has adequate potential to be an active component for POCT-based microfluidic chips. [2020-0013]

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基于软μ-致动器的微流体微混合器的多物理场分析和实际实现

电活性聚合物 (EAP) 是最好的软 $\mu $ 致动器之一，具有出色的生物医学应用。离子型 (i-EAPs) 具有更多有前途的特性，并且在有源微流体设备中具有足够的使用潜力。在这里，作为案例研究，我们使用名为离子聚合物-金属复合材料 (IPMC) 的 i-EAP 设计并制造了一个微流体微混合器。在微流体中，有源设备具有更多功能，但由于其所需的设施对于即时检验 (POCT) 的效率较低。在解决这个悖论的方向上，我们应该使用一些他们需要最少设施的活动组件。IPMC 可以是这些组件之一，因此通过将 IPMC 执行器集成到微流体通道中；设计了一个微混合器芯片并进行了模拟和实验测试。结果表明，所提出的微混合器可以正确混合微流体，并且 IPMC 执行器有足够的潜力成为基于 POCT 的微流体芯片的活性组件。[2020-0013]