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MEMS-Based MHz Silicon Ultrasonic Nozzles for Production of Monodisperse Drops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Y. L. Song ,
Chih H. Cheng ,
Ning Wang ,
Shirley C. Tsai ,
Yuan F. Chou ,
Ching T. Lee  and
Chen S. Tsai
Y. L. Song
Affiliation:
yulins@uci.edu, University of California, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Chih H. Cheng
Affiliation:
d91522001@ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, Taipei, N/A, Taiwan
Ning Wang
Affiliation:
nwang2@uci.edu, University of California, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
Shirley C. Tsai
Affiliation:
sctsai@csulb.edu, Calfiornia State University, Chemiccal Engineering, Long Beach, CA, 90840, United States
Yuan F. Chou
Affiliation:
yfchou@ntu.edu.tw, National Taiwan University, Mechanical Engineering, Taipei, N/A, Taiwan
Ching T. Lee
Affiliation:
ctlee@ee.ncku.edu.tw, National Cheng-Kung University, Electrical Engineering, Tainan, N/A, Taiwan
Chen S. Tsai
Affiliation:
cstsai@uci.edu, University of California, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Irvine, CA, 92697, United States
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Abstract

This paper reports production of 4.5 μm-diameter monodisperse water drops using a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS)-based 1 MHz 3-Fourier horn ultrasonic nozzle. The required electrical drive voltage for atomization was 6.5 V at 964±1 kHz that is in good agreements with the values obtained by impedance measurement and by the three-dimensional (3-D) simulation using a commercial finite element analysis program. Such small diameter drops with geometrical standard deviation (GSD) as small as 1.2 and 90% inhale-able fine particle fraction (<5.8 μm-diameter) were achieved in ultrasonic atomization for the first time. Therefore, the MEMS-based MHz ultrasonic nozzles should have potential application to targeted delivery of reproducible doses of medicine to the respiratory system.

Keywords

acousticspray depositionbiomedical
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1052: Symposium DD – Microelectromechanical Systems–Materials and Devices , 2007 , 1052-DD08-07
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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