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Modulating patterns of two-phase flow with electric fields
Biomicrofludics
  • Dingsheng Liu, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Bejan Hakimi, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Michael Volny, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Joelle Rolfs, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Robbyn Anand, Iowa State University
  • Rantisek Turecek, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
  • Daniel T. Chiu, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2014
DOI
10.1063/1.4891099
Abstract

This paper describes the use of electro-hydrodynamic actuation to control the transition between three major flow patterns of an aqueous-oil Newtonian flowin a microchannel: droplets, beads-on-a-string (BOAS), and multi-stream laminar flow. We observed interesting transitional flow patterns between droplets and BOAS as the electric field was modulated. The ability to control flow patterns of a two-phase fluid in a microchannel adds to the microfluidic tool box and improves our understanding of this interesting fluid behavior.

Comments

This article is published as Liu, Dingsheng, Bejan Hakimi, Michael Volny, Joelle Rolfs, Robbyn K. Anand, Frantisek Turecek, and Daniel T. Chiu. "Modulating patterns of two-phase flow with electric fields." Biomicrofluidics 8, no. 4 (2014): 044106. 10.1063/1.4891099. Posted with permission.

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AIP Publishing LLC
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Dingsheng Liu, Bejan Hakimi, Michael Volny, Joelle Rolfs, et al.. "Modulating patterns of two-phase flow with electric fields" Biomicrofludics Vol. 8 Iss. 4 (2014) p. 044106
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robbyn_anand/15/