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2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Shen ◽  
Qiaoyan Ye ◽  
Oliver Tiedje ◽  
Joachim Domnick

2021 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 116300
Author(s):  
Daofan Ma ◽  
Di Liang ◽  
Chunying Zhu ◽  
Taotao Fu ◽  
Youguang Ma ◽  
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Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 839
Author(s):  
Yo-han Choi ◽  
Jeong-ah Kim ◽  
Wonhee Lee

Studies on cell separation with inertial microfluidics are often carried out with solid particles initially. When this condition is applied for actual cell separations, the efficiency typically becomes lower because of the polydispersity and deformability of cells. Therefore, the understanding of deformability-induced lift force is essential to achieve highly efficient cell separation. We investigate the inertial focusing positions of viscous droplets in a triangular channel while varying Re, deformability, and droplet size. With increasing Re and decreasing droplet size, the top focusing position splits and shifts along the sidewalls. The threshold size of the focusing position splitting increases for droplets with larger deformability. The overall path of the focusing position shifts with increasing Re also has a strong dependency on deformability. Consequently, droplets of the same size can have different focusing positions depending on their deformability. The feasibility of deformability-based cell separation is shown by different focusing positions of MCF10a and MCF7 cells.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
John-Luke Singh ◽  
Yechun Wang ◽  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Julie A. Melbye ◽  
Amanda E. Brooks ◽  
...  

Abstract Return bends are frequently encountered in microfluidic systems. In this study, a three-dimensional spectral boundary element method for interfacial dynamics in Stokes flow has been adopted to investigate the dynamics of viscous droplets in rectangular return bends. The droplet trajectory, deformation, and migration velocity are investigated under the influence of various fluid properties and operational conditions, which are depicted by the Capillary number, viscosity ratio, and droplet size, as well as the dimensions of the return bend. While the computational results provide information for the design of return bends in microfluidic systems in general, the computational framework shows potential to guide the design and operation of a droplet-based microfluidic delivery system for cell seeding.


2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Ding ◽  
Tianyou Wang ◽  
Zhizhao Che

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovic Keiser ◽  
Armelle Keiser ◽  
Manon L’Estimé ◽  
José Bico ◽  
Étienne Reyssat
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2018 ◽  
Vol 860 ◽  
pp. 711-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matvey Morozov ◽  
Sébastien Michelin

Experimental observations indicate that chemically active droplets suspended in a surfactant-laden fluid can self-propel spontaneously. The onset of this motion is attributed to a symmetry-breaking Marangoni instability resulting from the nonlinear advective coupling of the distribution of surfactant to the hydrodynamic flow generated by Marangoni stresses at the droplet’s surface. Here, we use a weakly nonlinear analysis to characterize the self-propulsion near the instability threshold and the influence of the droplet’s deformability. We report that, in the vicinity of the threshold, deformability enhances self-propulsion of viscous droplets, but hinders propulsion of drops that are roughly less viscous than the surrounding fluid. Our asymptotics further reveals that droplet deformability may alter the type of bifurcation leading to symmetry breaking: for moderately deformable droplets, the onset of self-propulsion is transcritical and a regime of steady self-propulsion is stable; while in the case of highly deformable drops, no steady flows can be found within the asymptotic limit considered in this paper, suggesting that the bifurcation is subcritical.


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