Electrokinetic flow in parallel channels: Circuit modelling for microfluidics and membranes

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 440, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Biscombe, Christian J C ^a   Davidson, Malcolm R ^a   Harvie, Dalton J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration polarisation; Electrokinetic; Membrane; Parallel circuit; Vortex

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; POLARIZATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VORTEX FLOW;

CIRCUIT MODELING; CIRCUIT MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; ELECTRO-KINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC FLOWS; PARALLEL CIRCUITS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS;

PARALLEL FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID TRANSPORT; ION CURRENT; ION TRANSPORT; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MICROFLUIDICS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84889651825     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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