Lateral migration and focusing of microspheres in a microchannel flow of viscoelastic fluids

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Seo, Kyung Won ^a   Kang, Yang Jun ^b   Lee, Sang Joon ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ELASTICITY; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSPHERES; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHANNEL CROSS SECTION; COMBINED EFFECT; LATERAL MIGRATION; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; PARTICLE MIGRATION; PARTICLE POSITION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUME; VIS-COELASTIC FLUIDS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84905216252     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4882265     Document Type: Article

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