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ArticleMicromachines2020

Optimal Control of Colloidal Trajectories in Inertial Microfluidics Using the Saffman Effect.

Felix Rühle, Christian Schaaf, Holger Stark

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Article in Micromachines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Felix RühleInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6493-7204
Christian SchaafInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4154-5459
Holger StarkInstitut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6388-5390

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB910Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft STA352/11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In inertial microfluidics colloidal particles in a Poiseuille flow experience the Segré-Silberberg lift force, which drives them to specific positions in the channel cross section. An external force applied along the microchannel induces a cross-streamline migration to a new equilibrium position because of the Saffman effect. We apply optimal control theory to design the time protocol of the axial control force in order to steer a single particle as precisely as possible from a channel inlet to an outlet at a chosen target position. We discuss the influence of particle radius and channel length and show that optimal steering is cheaper than using a constant control force. Using a single optimized control-force protocol, we demonstrate that even a pulse of particles spread along the channel axis can be steered to a target and that particles of different radii can be separarted most efficiently.

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inertial microfluidicsoptimal controlSaffman effect

Identifiers

PMID32549244
PMCPMC7345581

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