Nonlinear electrokinetic phenomena around nearly insulated sharp tips in microflows

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 243-249

  Eckstein, Yuval ^a   Yossifon, Gilad ^b   Seifert, Avraham ^a   Miloh, Touvia ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrokinetic flow; Induced charge electroosmosis; Microfluidics; Polarization; Sharp tip; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; ELECTRIC-FIELD; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC FLOW; ELECTROKINETIC FLOWS; ELECTROKINETIC PHENOMENA; IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; INDUCED-CHARGE ELECTROOSMOSIS; IRROTATIONAL; L-SHAPED; MICRO PARTICLES; MICROFLOWS; SHARP TIP; STRAIGHT CHANNEL; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; VORTEX; VORTEX GENERATION; VORTEX PATTERN; ZETA-POTENTIALS;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; POLARIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ENGINEERING; FLOW KINETICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 68349101317     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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