Work

Pairwise interactions in inertially driven one-dimensional microfluidic crystals

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: In microfluidic devices, inertia drives particles to focus on a streamline and form one-dimensional microfluidic crystals. Asymptotic theory for the pairwise particle interactions shows that particles assemble into stable equilibria, and the dynamics are analogous to the motion of a damped spring.

Source: Physical Review Fluids

DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.3.094201

Authors: Kaitlyn Hood, Marcus Roper

Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles

Awards: PostDoctoral Research Fellowship, Particle laden flows - theory, analysis and experiment