Aggregation dynamics of particles in a microchannel due to an applied magnetic field

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 565-577

  Banerjee, Usashi ^a   Bit, Pramita ^a   Ganguly, Ranjan ^a   Hardt, Steffen ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field induced self organization; Lagrangian simulation; Magnetic microspheres; Microfluidics; Microscopic visualization

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION DYNAMICS; APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIELD-INDUCED; FUNCTIONALIZED; GROUP PARAMETERS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LAGRANGIAN SIMULATION; MAGNETIC MICROSPHERES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROSCOPIC VISUALIZATION; PARTICLE AGGREGATION; PREDICTED GROWTH; TIME-SCALES;

BIOSENSORS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSPHERES;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84871812160     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1053-0     Document Type: Article

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