Mixing in porous media: concepts and approaches across scales

M Dentz, JJ Hidalgo, D Lester - Transport in porous media, 2023 - Springer
This review provides an overview of concepts and approaches for the quantification of
passive, non-reactive solute mixing in steady uniform porous media flows across scales …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing measurements and representations of subsurface heterogeneity and dynamic processes: towards 4D hydrogeology

T Hermans, P Goderniaux, D Jougnot… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Essentially all hydrogeological processes are strongly influenced by the subsurface spatial
heterogeneity and the temporal variation of environmental conditions, hydraulic properties …

Rapid formation of bioaggregates and morphology transition to biofilm streamers induced by pore-throat flows

SH Lee, E Secchi, PK Kang - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - pnas.org
Bioaggregates are condensed porous materials comprising microbes, organic and inorganic
matters, and water. They are commonly found in natural and engineered porous media and …

Harnessing elastic instabilities for enhanced mixing and reaction kinetics in porous media

CA Browne, SS Datta - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - pnas.org
Turbulent flows have been used for millennia to mix solutes; a familiar example is stirring
cream into coffee. However, many energy, environmental, and industrial processes rely on …

Fluid flow drives phenotypic heterogeneity in bacterial growth and adhesion on surfaces

A Hubert, H Tabuteau, J Farasin, A Loncar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria often thrive in surface-attached communities, where they can form biofilms affording
them multiple advantages. In this sessile form, fluid flow is a key component of their …

The effects of non-uniform mechanical compression of lithium-ion cells on local current densities and lithium plating

FB S**ler, S Friedrich, S Kücher… - Journal of The …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithium-ion batteries can experience mechanical loads for a variety of reasons, including the
rigidity of the cell casing itself, bracing of cell stacks in a module, which is generally due to …

Microscale chaotic mixing as a driver for chemical reactions in porous media

H Sanquer, J Heyman, K Hanna… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mixing-induced reactions play a key role in a large range of biogeochemical and
contaminant transport processes in the subsurface. Fluid flow through porous media was …

Pore-scale modeling of solute transport in partially-saturated porous media

A Saeibehrouzi, S Abolfathi, P Denissenko… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solute transport in partially-saturated porous media plays a key role in multiple applications
across scales, from the migration of nutrients and contaminants in soils to geological energy …

A microfluidic chip for studies of the dynamics of antibiotic resistance selection in bacterial biofilms

PC Tang, O Eriksson, J Sjögren… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms are arguably the most important mode of growth of bacteria, but how antibiotic
resistance emerges and is selected in biofilms remains poorly understood. Several models …

Enhanced Reaction Kinetics in Stationary Two-Phase Flow through Porous Media

X Zhang, Z Dou, M Hamada, P de Anna… - Environmental …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Understanding the interaction between multiphase flow and reactive transport in porous
media is critical for many environmental and industrial applications. When a nonwetting …