A normally-open, wide-range, proportionally controlled 3D-printed microvalve using a piezo stack microactuator

Microvalves are useful components for several microfluidic applications in which they control the fluid flow in a microfluidic system. Most microvalves to date are made by using silicon micro-machining, which is a complex manufacturing process, or soft lithography using Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) which has a high gas permeability. Next to that...