Microfluidic delivery systems for dispensing a fluid composition into the air comprising microfluidic die and at least one heating element that is configured to receive an electrical signal comprising a certain on-time and wave form to deliver a fluid composition into the air.
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1. A microfluidic delivery system comprising: a microfluidic die comprising a silicon substrate, a conductive layer, and a polymer layer, the silicon substrate comprising a channel for delivering a fluid composition, the fluid composition being a perfume mixture, to the polymer layer, the polymer la
1. A microfluidic delivery system comprising: a microfluidic die comprising a silicon substrate, a conductive layer, and a polymer layer, the silicon substrate comprising a channel for delivering a fluid composition, the fluid composition being a perfume mixture, to the polymer layer, the polymer layer comprising a plurality of nozzles for dispensing a the fluid composition and at least one chamber in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of nozzles, wherein each nozzle comprises a lower opening proximal to the chamber and an upper opening distal to the chamber, and comprising the conductive layer comprising at least one heating element configured to that heats the fluid composition in the chamber by receiving receive an electrical firing pulse, wherein said electrical firing pulse is delivered during a firing period (tON) from 0.25 seconds to 10 seconds, and wherein, during said firing period, said electrical firing pulse is pulsed at 100 Hertz to 6000 Hertz with a fire time (tFIRE) from 1 microsecond to 3 microseconds, and wherein the ratio of the area of the heating element to the area of the upper opening of the nozzle is 5:1 or greater. 2. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein said die further comprises a separate heating element for each of said plurality of nozzles. 3. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 2, wherein said die comprises about 8 to about 64 heating elements. 4. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 2, wherein said upper opening of each nozzle is about 10 to about 50 micrometers, or about 5 micrometers to about 30 micrometers, through which a volatile composition is delivered to the air. 5. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 2, wherein said die comprise a plurality of nozzles, said nozzles each having chamber volume of about 5 to about 15 picoliters. 6. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein each of said heating elements comprises an area of 2500 microns square. 7. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein the microfluidic die is controlled by a microprocessor, wherein said microprocessor is programmed to provide a sequential firing signal to the heating element. 8. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, further providing about 4 to about 16 volts of energy to said heating element. 9. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein said microfluidic delivery member delivers from about 5 mg to about 90 mg of a fluid composition per hour into the air. 10. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein said microfluidic die emits about 1 to about 10 picoliters of a volatile composition into the air from each of said plurality of nozzles per electrical firing pulse. 11. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1 further comprising a sensor selected from the group consisting of a motion sensor, wireless sensor beacon, a light sensor, a fluid detection sensor, an odor detection sensor, and combinations thereof. 12. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, further comprising a reservoir comprising the perfume mixture, said perfume mixture having a boiling point less than 250° C. 13. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 12, wherein said boiling point is less than 200° C. 14. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 12 wherein about 5% to about 50%, by weight of the perfume mixture, comprise individual perfume materials having a boiling point less than 200° C. 15. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 12, wherein said perfume mixture further comprises a functional perfume component present in an amount of about 50% to 100%, by weight of said perfume mixture wherein said functional perfume component is selected from the group consisting of: iso-nonyl acetate, dihydro myrcenol (3-methylene-7-methyl octan-7-ol), linalool (3-hydroxy-3, 7-dimethyl-1, 6 octadiene), geraniol (3, 7 dimethyl-2, 6-octadien-1-ol), d-limonene (1-methyl-4-isopropenyl-1-cyclohexene, benzyl acetate, isopropyl mystristate, and mixtures thereof. 16. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein the firing period (tON) is followed by a non-firing period (tOFF) having a duration of about 9 seconds to about 200 seconds. 17. The microfluidic delivery system of claim 1, wherein the die comprises a separate chamber for each of the plurality of nozzles.
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