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Inertial focusing of finite-size particles in microchannels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2018

Evgeny S. Asmolov Open the ORCID record for Evgeny S. Asmolov [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexander L. Dubov ,
Tatiana V. Nizkaya ,
Jens Harting  and
Olga I. Vinogradova
Evgeny S. Asmolov*
Affiliation:
A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia Institute of Mechanics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Alexander L. Dubov
Affiliation:
A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Tatiana V. Nizkaya
Affiliation:
A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Jens Harting
Affiliation:
Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Fürther Str. 248, 90429 Nürnberg, Germany Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Olga I. Vinogradova*
Affiliation:
A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 31 Leninsky Prospect, 119071 Moscow, Russia Department of Physics, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Forckenbeckstr. 50, 52056 Aachen, Germany
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†Email addresses for correspondence: aes50@yandex.ru, oivinograd@yahoo.com
†Email addresses for correspondence: aes50@yandex.ru, oivinograd@yahoo.com
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Abstract

At finite Reynolds numbers, $Re$, particles migrate across laminar flow streamlines to their equilibrium positions in microchannels. This migration is attributed to a lift force, and the balance between this lift and gravity determines the location of particles in channels. Here we demonstrate that velocity of finite-size particles located near a channel wall differs significantly from that of an undisturbed flow, and that their equilibrium position depends on this, referred to as slip velocity, difference. We then present theoretical arguments, which allow us to generalize expressions for a lift force, originally suggested for some limiting cases and $Re\ll 1$, to finite-size particles in a channel flow at $Re\leqslant 20$. Our theoretical model, validated by lattice Boltzmann simulations, provides considerable insight into inertial migration of finite-size particles in a microchannel and suggests some novel microfluidic approaches to separate them by size or density at a moderate $Re$.

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Micro-/Nano-fluid dynamics: Microfluidics Multiphase and Particle-laden Flows: Particle/fluid flow Complex Fluids: Suspensions
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 840 , 10 April 2018 , pp. 613 - 630
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© 2018 Cambridge University Press 

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