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Clogging in parallelized tapered microfluidic channels

Massenburg, Sorell S.
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Amstad, Esther  
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Weitz, David A.
2016
Microfluidics And Nanofluidics

Nearly all tubes and pores used to transport solids in fluids, such as arteries and filters, are subject to clogging. The length scales and geometries of these tubes are well defined. In spite of this knowledge, the collective clogging behavior of multiple tubes has not yet been connected to their shapes and sizes. We investigate the clogging behavior of ten parallel tubes, which we model with ten parallel tapered microchannels using poly(styrene) beads to induce clogging events. The clogging behavior depends on the channel geometry as well as the shear stress particles are subjected to. Although our microchannels model filters, our results can be applied to the clogging behavior of a broad range of applications such as the clogging in arteries, inkjets, or xylem in trees.

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DOI
10.1007/s10404-016-1758-6
Web of Science ID

WOS:000378899100012

Author(s)
Massenburg, Sorell S.
Amstad, Esther  
Weitz, David A.
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Springer Heidelberg

Published in
Microfluidics And Nanofluidics
Volume

20

Issue

6

Start page

94

Subjects

Microfluidics

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Clogging

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Particle suspension

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REVIEWED

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October 18, 2016
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