Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Agrawal, Arjun"
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Convective flow reversal in self-powered enzyme micropumps
Ortiz-Rivera, Isamar; Shum, Henry; Agrawal, Arjun; Sen, Ayusman; Balazs, Anna C. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016-02-22)Surface-bound enzymes can act as pumps that drive large-scale fluid flows in the presence of their substrates or promoters. Thus, enzymatic catalysis can be harnessed for "on demand" pumping in nano-and microfluidic devices ...