Two-phase capillary flow in open uniform cross section microchannels and the transport of capillary wagons
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| Authors | Berthier J., Brakke K., Lee J., Gosselin D., Navarro F., Theberge A., Berthier E. |
| Year | 2017-0005 |
| Source-Title | Advanced Materials - TechConnect Briefs 2017 |
| Affiliations | University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France, CEA LETI M1NATEC Campus, Grenoble, France, Mathematics Department, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, United States, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, United States, Tasso Inc., 1631 15th Avenue, Seattle, United States |
| Abstract | Capillary open microsystems are increasingly used in biotechnology, biology, thermies and space science. Theory, numerics and applications of open microfluidics have considerably progressed during the last years. Two-phase capillary flow is however a field that still remains unexplored. In this early work, a theoretical basis for the spontaneous capillary two-phase flow in open channels is presented. A numerical investigation of the morphologies of plugs has been done using the Evolver software. Finally preliminary experimental results are presented. |
| Author-Keywords | Capillary wetting, Plug, Spontaneous capillary flow (SCF), Two-phase microflow |
| Index-Keywords | Biotechnology, Capillarity, Capillary flow, Microfluidics, Open channel flow, Capillary wetting, Micro-flow, Numerical investigations, Open channels, Plug, Space science, Spontaneous capillary flow (SCF), Two phase, Two phase flow |
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