2 papers
cond-mat.soft2010
Extensional Instability in Electro-Osmotic Microflows of Polymer Solutions
R. M. Bryce, M. R. Freeman
Fluid transport in microfluidic systems typically is laminar due to the low Reynolds number characteristic of the flow. The inclusion of suspended polymers imparts elasticity to fl…
cond-mat.soft2010
Abatement of mixing in shear-free elongationally unstable viscoelastic microflows
R. M. Bryce, M. R. Freeman
The addition of minute amounts of chemically inert polyacrylamide polymer to liquids results in large instabilities under steady electro-osmotic pumping through 2:1 constrictions,…