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Modeling pattern formation in soft flowing crystals

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: We present a mesoscale representation of near-contact interactions between colliding droplets which permits to reach up to the scale of full microfluidic devices, where such droplets are produced. The method is demonstrated for the case of colliding droplets and the formation of soft flowing crystals in flow-focussing microfluidic devices. This model may open up the possibility of multiscale simulation of microfluidic devices for the production of new droplet/bubble-based mesoscale porous materials.

Source: Physical Review Fluids

DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.4.072201

Authors: Andrea Montessori, Marco Lauricella, Adriano Tiribocchi, Sauro Succi

Institution: Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo Mauro Picone

Language: English

Topic: Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, European Research Council

Awards: G2604755169, G784490837