Sometimes called “lab-on-a-chip,” microfluidics is the science of controlling and manipulating very small amounts of fluid. These can range in volume from microliters (10-6) to picoliters (10-12). The fluids are accurately controlled through a channel or network of channels that have dimensions from tens to hundreds of micrometers.

Microfluidics is attractive to industrial groups and researchers for several reasons:

  • Greatly reduces the consumption of samples and reagents.
  • Shortens experiment time
  • Allows multiple tests to run simultaneously

In short, microfluidics provides more actionable results, much faster.

Proportion-Air is quickly becoming the “go-to” solution provider in low-flow microfluidics applications. Our high-resolution electronic pressure regulators are the smart part of the process, precisely control the pressure to a single microfluidic channel or multiple channels (10+ on single manifold with shared inlet and exhaust). This series offers accuracy of ±0.2% and resolution up to ±0.005% of full-scale calibration. Stable, repeatable pressure control results in stable, repeatable pressure-driven flow through the microfluidic channels.

Microfluidics
Our MPV and QPV electronic pressure regulators can be used to precisely control the pressure to single or multiple microfluidic channels.
Microfluidic Pressure Control