Lattice Boltzmann method simulation of electroosmotic stirring in a microscale cavity

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-470

  De, Anindya Kanti ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Achintya ^b   Puri, Ishwar K ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electroosmosis; Lattice Boltzmann method; Microscale; Mixing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTES; FLOW FIELDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOWS; ELECTROOSMOTIC STIRRING; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MICROSCALE CAVITY;

ELECTROOSMOSIS;

EID: 41449115153     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0224-x     Document Type: Article

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