Modelling thermocapillary migration of a microfluidic droplet on a solid surface

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-53

  Liu, Haihu ^a,b   Zhang, Yonghao ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet dynamics; Lattice Boltzmann method; Microfluidics; Multiphase flow; Thermocapillary migration; Wetting boundary condition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DROP FORMATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROLLING RESISTANCE; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY; WETTING;

DROPLET DYNAMICS; FLUID-SURFACE INTERACTIONS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS; MIGRATION VELOCITY; SOLID SURFACE; THERMOCAPILLARY MIGRATION; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WETTING BOUNDARIES; WETTING BOUNDARY CONDITION;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 84907703129     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2014.09.015     Document Type: Article

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