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The upper limit and lift force within inertial focusing in high aspect ratio curved microfluidics.

ABSTRACT: Microfluidics exploiting the phenomenon of inertial focusing have attracted much attention in the last decade as they provide the means to facilitate the detection and analysis of rare particles of interest in complex fluids such as blood and natural water. Although many interesting applications have been demonstrated, the systems remain difficult to engineer. A recently presented line of the technology, inertial focusing in High Aspect Ratio Curved microfluidics, has the potential to change this and make the benefits of inertial focusing more accessible to the community. In this paper, with experimental evidence and fluid simulations, we provide the two necessary equations to design the systems and successfully focus the targets in a single, stable, and high-quality position. The experiments also revealed an interesting scaling law of the lift force, which we believe provides a valuable insight into the phenomenon of inertial focusing.

SUBMITTER: Cruz J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7979744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The upper limit and lift force within inertial focusing in high aspect ratio curved microfluidics.

Cruz Javier J Hjort Klas K

Scientific reports 20210319 1

Microfluidics exploiting the phenomenon of inertial focusing have attracted much attention in the last decade as they provide the means to facilitate the detection and analysis of rare particles of interest in complex fluids such as blood and natural water. Although many interesting applications have been demonstrated, the systems remain difficult to engineer. A recently presented line of the technology, inertial focusing in High Aspect Ratio Curved microfluidics, has the potential to change thi ...[more]

PMID: 33742075

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