Multiphase flow in microfluidics: From droplets and bubbles to the encapsulated structures

A Sattari, P Hanafizadeh, M Hoorfar - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microfluidic technologies have a unique ability to control more precisely and effectively on
two-phase flow systems in comparison with macro systems. Controlling the size of the …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic bioscaffolds for regenerative engineering

W Zhuge, H Liu, W Wang, J Wang - Engineered Regeneration, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction of biological scaffolds in vitro plays an important role in regenerative
engineering, which has always been the focus of research. The application of scaffold …

Deformation and breakup of a compound droplet in three-dimensional oscillatory shear flow

H Liu, Y Lu, S Li, Y Yu, KC Sahu - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2021 - Elsevier
A compound droplet subject to three-dimensional oscillatory shear flow is studied using a
three-phase lattice Boltzmann model. Firstly, focusing on low values of capillary number …

Interfaces coupling deformation mechanisms of liquid–liquid–liquid three-phase flow in a confined microchannel

T Zhang, C Tao, S Ge, D Pan, B Li, W Huang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfaces coupling deformation mechanisms of liquid–liquid–liquid three-phase flow in a
confined microchannel are ascertained by both experimental investigation and numerical …

A spectral element-based phase field method for incompressible two-phase flows

Y **ao, Z Zeng, L Zhang, J Wang, Y Wang, H Liu… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we propose a spectral element-based phase field method by solving the
Navier–Stokes/Cahn–Hilliard equations for incompressible two-phase flows. The high-order …

Droplets can enhance microcapsule deformation in channel flow

D **g, R Lu, A Farutin, Z Guo, F Wang… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The dynamics of soft microparticles enclosed in a droplet flowing in a channel is an
unexplored fundamental problem that lies at the heart of numerous applications, including …

Hydrodynamic characteristics of core/shell microdroplets formation: Map of the flow patterns in double-T microchannel

SG Bariki, S Movahedirad - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Liquid-liquid–liquid (L/L/L) flows in microchannels involving three-phase
interactions are important in various chemical applications that entail liquid–liquid–liquid …

Flow pattern maps of double emulsions transporting through bifurcation microchannels

X Wang, C Sun, S Jia, Y Pang, Z Liu - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The transportation behaviors of compound droplets in confined channels are widespread
phenomena while the physical mechanisms are far from being completely unraveled. In this …

Splitting of microbubble mediated by power-law carrier fluid inside a symmetric bifurcating channel

SP Pandey, S Sarkar, D Pal - Physics of fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the dynamics of bubble propagation in a symmetric bifurcating Y-channel by
varying the power-law index (n) of the carrier fluid from 0.3 to 1.5, in the presence of gravity …

Dynamics of a deformable compound droplet under pulsatile flow

S Lanjewar, S Ramji - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The motion of a deformable compound droplet flowing within a confined channel in
response to a pulsatile flow is numerically investigated. Toward this, an in-house solver …