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Numerical simulation of particle focusing in a symmetrical serpentine microchannel

Di Jiang, Wenlai Tang, Nan Xiang, Zhonghua Ni

RSC Advances · 2016 · 61 citations · 29 references

Concepts

EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputational Fluid DynamicsSeparation ProcessesTransport PhenomenaMicrofluidic DevicesMicrofluidic SystemsMicrofluidic TransportMicrofluidicsElectrophoretic FocusingExperimental ValidationMicrochannel FlowMicrochannel HydrodynamicsNumerical Flow SimulationNumerical SimulationParticle Manipulation In MicrofluidicsParticle Transport In Microchannels

Abstract

This paper elucidates the particle rotation, focusing and separation in a symmetrical serpentine microchannel by numerical simulation and experimental validation.

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