3D-Printed Capillary Circuits for Calibration-Free Viscosity Measurement of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Device Fabrication
2.2. Sample Preparation and Analysis
2.3. Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Measurement Principle
3.2. Multiplexed Analysis of Newtonian Fluids
3.3. Analysis of a Non-Newtonian Fluid versus Shear Rate
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Oh, S.; Choi, S. 3D-Printed Capillary Circuits for Calibration-Free Viscosity Measurement of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids. Micromachines 2018, 9, 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9070314
Oh S, Choi S. 3D-Printed Capillary Circuits for Calibration-Free Viscosity Measurement of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids. Micromachines. 2018; 9(7):314. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9070314
Chicago/Turabian StyleOh, Sein, and Sungyoung Choi. 2018. "3D-Printed Capillary Circuits for Calibration-Free Viscosity Measurement of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids" Micromachines 9, no. 7: 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9070314