Scaling effects on flow hydrodynamics of confined microdroplets induced by Rayleigh surface acoustic wave

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 919-927

  Alghane, M ^a,b   Fu, Y Q ^a,c   Chen, B X ^a   Li, Y ^d   Desmulliez, M P Y ^a   Walton, A J ^d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confined; Microdroplet; Mixing; Scaling; Surface acoustic wave

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION LENGTHS; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; CONFINED; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; GAP HEIGHT; GLASS PLATE; MICRO DROPLETS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ON FLOW; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RAYLEIGH SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; SCALING; SCALING EFFECTS; STREAMING FLOW; STREAMING VELOCITY; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84871726340     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1010-y     Document Type: Article

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