Fundamental Performance of Compact Disc-Type Microfluidic Platform

Review

Abstract

Compact disc (CD)-type or centrifugal microfluidic platforms lead to an increasing recognition in last decades for the potential use in various fields such as biochemical analysis and diagnostics. In a CD-type microfluidic platform, all the micro-scaled chambers and channels are integrated into a normal CD-sized device, and by rotating the device, the generated centrifugal force works as the driving force to flow the solutions loaded in the chambers through the microchannels. Various special microfluidic functions, such as pumping, valving, mixing and metering of the solutions can be realized by properly adjusting the geometry of the chambers and microchannels and the programming of the rotation of the device. In this review, we would like to introduce some specific research of the fundamental microfluidic functions on CD-type microfluidic platform.