Pérez González, Víctor HugoDe los Santos Ramírez, Jesús Martín2021-08-292021-08-292020-112020-11De los Santos-Ramirez, J. M. (2020). Geometry optimization and prediction of voltage requirements for particle trapping in EK-driven insulator-based microfluidics. (Tesis de Maestría / master Thesis) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey, Monterrey Nuevo León. Recuperado de: https://hdl.handle.net/11285/63789410.1002/elps.202000213https://hdl.handle.net/11285/637894https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4503-7774Electrokinetically-driven microfluidics devices have shown to be of great interest for researchers especially when applied in biomedical engineering, medical diagnosis, and biological research. A growing field for this technology is the development of Point-of-Care devices, due to their capability to offer portable, fully integrated, easy to use, and low-cost diagnostic platforms. This work presents an analysis of current electrokinetically-driven (i.e., dielectrophoresis, electrophoresis, electroosmosis) devices from the point of view of voltage requirements, especially for insulator-based devices which are characterized by high (hundreds to thousands of volts) input voltages. Moreover, this work addresses the high voltage problem by presenting a geometry optimization methodology, based on recent advances in the area, to reduce and predict the voltage requirements in insulator-based devices.TextoengopenAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA::CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS::INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA ELÉCTRICAS::OTRASTechnologyTesis de maestríalow voltage electrokineticsPoint-of-care device896178