Confinement effect on the viscoelastic particle ordering in microfluidic flows: Numerical simulations and experiments

Jeyasountharan, Anoshanth; D'Avino, Gaetano; Giudice, Francesco Del

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Confinement effect on the viscoelastic particle ordering in microfluidic flows: Numerical simulations and experiments

Anoshanth Jeyasountharan

, Gaetano D'Avino

, Francesco Del Giudice

Physics of Fluids, Volume: 34, Issue: 4, Start page: 042015

Swansea University Author: Francesco Del Giudice

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Strings of equally spaced particles, also called particle trains, have been employed in several applications, including flow cytometry and particle or cell encapsulation. Recently, the formation of particle trains in viscoelastic liquids has been demonstrated. However, only a few studies have focuse...

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Confinement effect on the viscoelastic particle ordering in microfluidic flows: Numerical simulations and experiments

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