Inertia-induced focusing dynamics of microparticles throughout a curved microfluidic channel

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-39

  Xiang, Nan ^a   Chen, Ke ^a   Dai, Qing ^a   Jiang, Di ^a   Sun, Dongke ^a   Ni, Zhonghua ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curved microfluidic channel; Inertia effects; Migration dynamics; Separation mechanism; Two stage process model

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

INERTIA EFFECTS; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MIGRATION DYNAMICS; SEPARATION MECHANISM; TWO-STAGE PROCESS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 84920711389     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1395-x     Document Type: Article

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