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ArticleBiomicrofluidics2023

Herringbone micromixers for particle filtration.

Jacob L Binsley, Thomas O Myers, Stefano Pagliara, Feodor Y Ogrin

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Article in Biomicrofluidics, 2023. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacob L BinsleyDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6957-6460
Thomas O MyersPlatform Kinetics Limited, Pegholme, Wharfebank Mills, Otley LS21 3JP, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2589-9839
Stefano PagliaraUniversity of Exeter, Living Systems Institute and Biosciences, Exeter EX4 4QD, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-9796-1956
Feodor Y OgrinDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9383-1473

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herringbone micromixers are a powerful tool for introducing advection into microfluidic systems. While these mixers are typically used for mixing fluids faster than the rate of diffusion, there has been recent interest in using the device to enhance interactions between suspended particles and channel walls. We show how the common approximations applied to herringbone micromixer theory can have a significant impact on results. We show that the inclusion of gravity can greatly alter the interaction probability between suspended particles and channel walls. We also investigate the proposed impedance matching condition and the inclusion of imperfect binding using numerical methods, and investigate transient behaviors using an experimental system. These results indicate that while traditional methods, such as simple streamline analysis, remain powerful tools, it should not be considered predictive in the general case.

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PMID36704613
PMCPMC9873379

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