Article
Modulating patterns of two-phase flow with electric fields
Biomicrofludics
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
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.
Copyright Owner
AIP Publishing LLC
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
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/
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.