Offsetting Dense Particle Sedimentation in Microfluidic Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Fabrication of Fluid-Metering Chip
2.2. Hydrodynamic Interruption of Sedimentation
2.3. Induced Hindered Settling (i-HS)
- = settling velocity in clear fluid,
- n = exponent of reduction in settling velocity,
- ⌀ = volume fraction of suspended particles in the fluid (turbidity)
2.4. Data Acquisition and Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Fabrication of Particle Metering Chip
3.2. Hydrodynamic Interruption of Sedimentation
3.3. Sedimentation Offset via Induced Hindered Settling
4. Discussion
4.1. Hydrodynamic Interruption of Particle Sedimentation
4.2. Induced Hindered Settling
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Anyaduba, T.D.; Rodriguez-Manzano, J. Offsetting Dense Particle Sedimentation in Microfluidic Systems. Micromachines 2024, 15, 1063. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15091063
Anyaduba TD, Rodriguez-Manzano J. Offsetting Dense Particle Sedimentation in Microfluidic Systems. Micromachines. 2024; 15(9):1063. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15091063
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnyaduba, Tochukwu Dubem, and Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano. 2024. "Offsetting Dense Particle Sedimentation in Microfluidic Systems" Micromachines 15, no. 9: 1063. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15091063