A nonlinear study on the interfacial instabilities in electro-osmotic flows based on the Debye-Hückel approximation

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Joo, Sang W ^a,b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro osmosis; Free surface; Instability; Interface; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INTEGRATION; NANOFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

CONSERVATION LAWS; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYER; ELECTRO-OSMOTIC FLOW; ELECTRO-OSMOTIC FLOWS; ELECTRO-OSMOTIC INSTABILITY; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; FILM FLOWS; FILM RUPTURE; FILM SURFACES; FLUID FLOWING; FREE SURFACE; FREE SURFACES; FULLY COUPLED; INHERENT INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY; INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL INSTABILITIES; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; LOCAL FILM THICKNESS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANO SCALING; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

ELECTROOSMOSIS;

EID: 49049118025     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0262-z     Document Type: Article

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