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Solute dispersion by electroosmotic flow through soft microchannels
, Article Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical ; Volume 255, Part 3 , February , 2018 , Pages 3585-3600 ; 09254005 (ISSN) ; Khorami, A ; Ashrafizadeh, S. N ; Sadeghi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2018
Abstract
We study the hydrodynamic dispersion (HD) by electroosmotic flow in soft microchannels. Considering a fully developed flow in a slit microchannel of low surface potential and adopting the Taylor dispersion theory, we derive analytical solutions for the solute concentration field and the effective dispersion coefficient. We also conduct numerical analyses to broaden the paper's scope to high surface potentials and to specify a criterion for the validity of the Debye-Hückel linearization in soft microconduits as well as to investigate the broadening of an analyte band from the time of injection. It is demonstrated that the effective dispersion coefficient of a neutral solute band is generally...
Hydrodynamic dispersion by electroosmotic flow of viscoelastic fluids within a slit microchannel
, Article Microfluidics and Nanofluidics ; Volume 22, Issue 1 , January , 2018 ; 16134982 (ISSN) ; Talebi, M ; Ashrafizadeh, S. N ; Sadeghi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Verlag
2018
Abstract
The biofluids being manipulated in lab-on-a-chip devices usually contain elastic macromolecules. Accordingly, for an accurate modeling of the relevant flow physics one should invoke viscoelastic constitutive equations. In this paper, attention is paid toward the hydrodynamic dispersion by the fully developed electroosmotic flow of PTT viscoelastic fluids in slit microchannels of low zeta potential. Adopting the Taylor–Aris approach, analytical solutions are derived for late-time solute concentration and effective dispersion coefficient. Finite element-based numerical simulations are also conducted to monitor the broadening of an analyte band from the moment of injection. Both approaches are...
A depthwise averaging solution for cross-stream diffusion in a Y-micromixer by considering thick electrical double layers and nonlinear rheology
, Article Microfluidics and Nanofluidics ; Volume 19, Issue 6 , 2015 , Pages 1297-1308 ; 16134982 (ISSN) ; Sadeghi, A ; Saidi, M. H ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Verlag
2015
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Both nonlinear rheology and finite EDL thickness effects on the mixing process in an electroosmotically actuated Y-sensor are being investigated in this paper, utilizing a depthwise averaging method based on the Taylor dispersion theory. The fluid rheological behavior is assumed to obey the power-law viscosity model. Analytical solutions are obtained assuming a large channel width to depth ratio for which a 1-D profile can efficiently describe the velocity distribution. Full numerical simulations are also performed to determine the applicability range of the analytical model, revealing that it is able to provide accurate results for channel aspect ratios of ten and higher and quite...