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Geometric pumping in autophoretic channels

dc.creatorMichelin, Sébastien
dc.creatorMontenegro-Johnson, Thomas Douglas
dc.creatorDe, Canio Gabriele
dc.creatorLobato-, Dauzier Nicolas
dc.creatorLauga, Eric Jean-Marie
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-24T23:18:15Z
dc.date.available2015-07-08T10:55:30Z
dc.date.available2018-11-24T23:18:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-07
dc.identifierhttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/248861
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/123456789/3241
dc.description.abstractMany microfluidic devices use macroscopic pressure differentials to overcome viscous friction and generate flows in microchannels. In this work, we investigate how the chemical and geometric properties of the channel walls can drive a net flow by exploiting the autophoretic slip flows induced along active walls by local concentration gradients of a solute species. We show that chemical patterning of the wall is not required to generate and control a net flux within the channel, rather channel geometry alone is sufficient. Using numerical simulations, we determine how geometric characteristics of the wall influence channel flow rate, and confirm our results analytically in the asymptotic limit of lubrication theory.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Chemistry
dc.publisherSoft Matter
dc.titleGeometric pumping in autophoretic channels
dc.typeArticle


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