Patent ID: 9726302
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B01D,B01L,F16K,G02B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A fluidic system comprising: a first volume, a second volume, and a membrane geometrically separating the two volumes, which provides an open-pore microstructure with a pore surface for passage of a first medium and a second medium, between which a boundary surface is formed, while a contact angle exists between the boundary surface and the pore surface, wherein there are in the fluidic system electrodes for imposing an electric field in a region of the membrane and/or an electromagnetic radiation source acting on the membrane and/or means for heating or cooling the membrane, wherein the membrane in a first state Z wherein the first medium and the second medium and the pore surface have a surface energy, of which at least one surface energy can be changed reversibly in dependence on the electric field or by electromagnetic radiation exposure or temperature change so that in a second state Z