Dynamically tunable elasto-inertial particle focusing and sorting in microfluidics

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 568-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinning Zhou ◽  
Zhichao Ma ◽  
Ye Ai
Keyword(s):  
Microfluidic Device ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluids ◽  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Particle Focusing

We explore the use of non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluids to achieve size-tunable elasto-inertial particle focusing and sorting in a microfluidic device, and realize the controllable tunability among three separation thresholds.

Microfluidic device for sheathless particle focusing and separation using a viscoelastic fluid

2015 ◽  
Vol 1406 ◽  
pp. 244-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeonghun Nam ◽  
Bumseok Namgung ◽  
Chwee Teck Lim ◽  
Jung-Eun Bae ◽  
Hwa Liang Leo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microfluidic Device ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Particle Focusing

Inertial particle focusing and spacing control in microfluidic devices

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Wang ◽  
Sifan Sun ◽  
Ying Chen ◽  
Zhengdong Cheng ◽  
Yuxiu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Particle Focusing

scholarly journals Sheathless Dean-flow-coupled elasto-inertial particle focusing and separation in viscoelastic fluid

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 3461-3469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Yuan ◽  
Say Hwa Tan ◽  
Qianbin Zhao ◽  
Sheng Yan ◽  
Ronald Sluyter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Straight Channel ◽  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Channel Section ◽  
Dean Flow ◽  
Particle Focusing

Sheathless particle focusing and separation in viscoelastic fluid is demonstrated using an integrated ECCA (straight channel section with asymmetrical expansion–contraction cavity arrays) straight channel.

Elasto-inertial particle focusing in 3D-printed microchannels with unconventional cross sections

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenlai Tang ◽  
Ning Fan ◽  
Jiquan Yang ◽  
Zongan Li ◽  
Liya Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Particle Focusing ◽  
3D Printed

Fundamentals of elasto-inertial particle focusing in curved microfluidic channels

Lab on a Chip ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2626-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Xiang ◽  
Xinjie Zhang ◽  
Qing Dai ◽  
Jie Cheng ◽  
Ke Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Microfluidic Channels ◽  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Particle Focusing ◽  
Stage Process

We experimentally explore the elasto-inertial particle focusing in curved microfluidic channels and propose a six-stage process model illustrating the particle focusing with increasing flow rate.

Inertial particle focusing in serpentine channels on a centrifugal platform

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 012002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Shamloo ◽  
Ali Mashhadian
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Particle ◽  
Particle Focusing

scholarly journals Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Particle Focusing and Separation in Viscoelastic Fluids

Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 908
Author(s):  
Chen Ni ◽  
Di Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Viscoelastic Fluid ◽  
Rectangular Channel ◽  
Particle Interaction ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluids ◽  
Lateral Migration ◽  
Square Channel ◽  
Particle Focusing ◽  
Aspect Ratios ◽  
Large Particles

Particle focusing and separation using viscoelastic microfluidic technology have attracted lots of attention in many applications. In this paper, a three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) coupled with the immersed boundary method (IBM) is employed to study the focusing and separation of particles in viscoelastic fluid. In this method, the viscoelastic fluid is simulated by the LBM with two sets of distribution functions and the fluid–particle interaction is calculated by the IBM. The performance of particle focusing under different microchannel aspect ratios (AR) is explored and the focusing equilibrium positions of the particles with various elasticity numbers and particle diameters are compared to illustrate the mechanism of particle focusing and separation in viscoelastic fluids. The results indicate that, for particle focusing in the square channel (AR = 1), the centerline single focusing becomes a bistable focusing at the centerline and corners as El increases. In the rectangular channels (AR < 1), particles with different diameters have different equilibrium positions. The equilibrium position of large particles is closer to the wall, and large particles have a faster lateral migration speed and few large particles migrate towards the channel center. Compared with the square channel, the rectangular channel is a better design for particle separation.

scholarly journals Particle migration and single-line particle focusing in microscale pipe flow of viscoelastic fluids

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 3512-3520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Won Seo ◽  
Hyeok Jun Byeon ◽  
Hyung Kyu Huh ◽  
Sang Joon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Pipe Flow ◽  
Viscoelastic Fluids ◽  
Particle Migration ◽  
Single Line ◽  
Particle Focusing
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