Bulletin of the American Physical Society
63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
Volume 55, Number 16
Sunday–Tuesday, November 21–23, 2010; Long Beach, California
Session EM: Microfluids: General III: Microchannels
4:10 PM–6:20 PM,
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Long Beach Convention Center
Room: 202B
Chair: Evelyn Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract ID: BAPS.2010.DFD.EM.2
Abstract: EM.00002 : Designing patterned microchannels to separate colloid-polymer suspensions*
4:23 PM–4:36 PM
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Authors:
Hassan Masoud
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Alexander Alexeev
(Georgia Institute of Technology)
Using dissipative particle dynamics, we examine the flow of colloidal suspensions in microfluidic channels with patterned walls. The distribution of colloids in a channel is set by the competition between diffusion and hydrodynamic effects. We show that the distribution can be altered by introducing tilted nanoscopic posts protruding from internal walls of a microchannel. Specifically, we demonstrate that depending on the post orientation, the patterned walls can either hydrodynamically attract nanoscale objects suspended in the flowing fluid or prevent their depositions by repelling them away from solid walls. Furthermore, surfaces decorated with tilted posts can discriminate nanoscopic entities with regard to their shape and, thus, can be utilized for separating colloid-polymer mixtures.
*Financial support from the ACS-Petroleum Research Fund is gratefully acknowledged.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2010.DFD.EM.2
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