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Recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids

Recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids
Recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids

Recently, research on particle migration in non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluids has gained considerable attention. In a viscoelastic fluid, three dimensional (3D) particle focusing can be easily realized in simple channels without the need for any external force fields or complex microchannel structures compared with that in a Newtonian fluid. Due to its promising properties for particle precise focusing and manipulation, this field has been developed rapidly, and research on the field has been shifted from fundamentals to applications. This review will elaborate the recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids, especially on the aspect of applications. The hydrodynamic forces on the micro/nano particles in viscoelastic fluids are discussed. Next, we elaborate the basic particle migration in viscoelasticity-dominant fluids and elasto-inertial fluids in straight channels. After that, a comprehensive review on the applications of viscoelasticity-induced particle migration (particle separation, cell deformability measurement and alignment, particle solution exchange, rheometry-on-a-chip and others) is presented; finally, we thrash out some perspectives on the future directions of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids.

1473-0197
551-567
Yuan, Dan
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Zhao, Qianbin
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Yan, Sheng
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Tang, Shi Yang
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Alici, Gursel
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Zhang, Jun
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Li, Weihua
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Yuan, Dan
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Yan, Sheng
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Tang, Shi Yang
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Alici, Gursel
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Zhang, Jun
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Yuan, Dan, Zhao, Qianbin, Yan, Sheng, Tang, Shi Yang, Alici, Gursel, Zhang, Jun and Li, Weihua (2018) Recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids. Lab on a Chip, 18 (4), 551-567. (doi:10.1039/c7lc01076a).

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Abstract

Recently, research on particle migration in non-Newtonian viscoelastic fluids has gained considerable attention. In a viscoelastic fluid, three dimensional (3D) particle focusing can be easily realized in simple channels without the need for any external force fields or complex microchannel structures compared with that in a Newtonian fluid. Due to its promising properties for particle precise focusing and manipulation, this field has been developed rapidly, and research on the field has been shifted from fundamentals to applications. This review will elaborate the recent progress of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids, especially on the aspect of applications. The hydrodynamic forces on the micro/nano particles in viscoelastic fluids are discussed. Next, we elaborate the basic particle migration in viscoelasticity-dominant fluids and elasto-inertial fluids in straight channels. After that, a comprehensive review on the applications of viscoelasticity-induced particle migration (particle separation, cell deformability measurement and alignment, particle solution exchange, rheometry-on-a-chip and others) is presented; finally, we thrash out some perspectives on the future directions of particle migration in viscoelastic fluids.

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Published date: 21 February 2018
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51705257), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170839), the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (Grant No. DP180100055) and the University of Wollongong-China Scholarship Council joint scholarships. Publisher Copyright: © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Local EPrints ID: 481700
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/481700
ISSN: 1473-0197
PURE UUID: 105cd714-c8da-449c-b132-5a7148a07617
ORCID for Shi Yang Tang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3079-8880

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Date deposited: 06 Sep 2023 16:50
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:18

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Author: Dan Yuan
Author: Qianbin Zhao
Author: Sheng Yan
Author: Shi Yang Tang ORCID iD
Author: Gursel Alici
Author: Jun Zhang
Author: Weihua Li

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