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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2016

Simple microfluidic stagnation point flow geometries.

Greet Dockx, Tom Verwijlen, Wouter Sempels, Mathias Nagel, Paula Moldenaers, Johan Hofkens, Jan Vermant

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Greet DockxDepartment of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee, Belgium.
Tom VerwijlenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee, Belgium.
Wouter SempelsDepartment of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee, Belgium.
Mathias NagelDepartment of Materials, ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, HCI H 503, Zürich, Switzerland.
Paula MoldenaersDepartment of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee, Belgium.
Johan HofkensDepartment of Chemistry, KU Leuven , Celestijnenlaan 200F, Heverlee, Belgium.
Jan VermantDepartment of Materials, ETH Zürich , Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, HCI H 503, Zürich, Switzerland.
KU Leuven · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A geometrically simple flow cell is proposed to generate different types of stagnation flows, using a separation flow and small variations of the geometric parameters. Flows with high local deformation rates can be changed from purely rotational, over simple shear flow, to extensional flow in a region surrounding a stagnation point. Computational fluid dynamic calculations are used to analyse how variations of the geometrical parameters affect the flow field. These numerical calculations are compared to the experimentally obtained streamlines of different designs, which have been determined by high speed confocal microscopy. As the flow type is dictated predominantly by the geometrical parameters, such simple separating flow devices may alleviate the requirements for flow control, while offering good stability for a wide variety of flow types.

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PMID27462382
PMCPMC4920808
OpenAlexW2462871722

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