Competition between local collisions and collective hydrodynamic feedback controls traffic flows in microfluidic networks.
ENGL, Wilfried
Laboratoire du Futur [LOF]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
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Laboratoire du Futur [LOF]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
ENGL, Wilfried
Laboratoire du Futur [LOF]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
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Laboratoire du Futur [LOF]
Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne [CPMOH]
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Physical Review Letters. 2009-05-15, vol. 102, n° 19, p. 194502
American Physical Society
English Abstract
By studying the repartition of monodisperse droplets at a simple T junction, we show that the traffic of discrete fluid systems in microfluidic networks results from two competing mechanisms, whose significance is driven ...Read more >
By studying the repartition of monodisperse droplets at a simple T junction, we show that the traffic of discrete fluid systems in microfluidic networks results from two competing mechanisms, whose significance is driven by confinement. Traffic is dominated by collisions occurring at the junction for small droplets and by collective hydrodynamic feedback for large ones. For each mechanism, we present simple models in terms of the pertinent dimensionless parameters of the problem.Read less <
English Keywords
Microfluidics/methods
Models
Chemical
Theoretical
Oils/chemistry
Water/chemistry
Origin
Hal imported