Oscillating droplet trains in microfluidic networks and their suppression in blood flow

O Cybulski, P Garstecki, BA Grzybowski - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Droplets forming sequences in simple microfluidic networks are known to exhibit complex
behaviours, but their dynamics are yet to be probed in channels long enough to …

Reinforcement-Learning designs droplet microfluidic networks

M Shahab, R Rengaswamy - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet microfluidics provides a platform for realizing programmable and flexible devices for
performing diverse process operations on a single chip. Although recent developments have …

Spacing optimization for active droplet sorting in microfluidic networks using genetic algorithm

EM Arun Sankar, M Shahab… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sorting is an important operation in droplet microfluidics. In this paper, we propose a novel,
active technique for sorting of drops. The technique involves sending of drops to a one …

Numerical analysis of mixing performance in sinusoidal microchannels based on particle motion in droplets

A Özkan, EY Erdem - Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2015 - Springer
This numerical study was conducted to analyze and understand the parameters that affect
the mixing performance of droplet-based flow in sinusoidal microfluidic channels. Finite …

Droplet microfluidic networks as hybrid dynamical systems: Inlet spacing optimization for sorting of drops

A Sankar EM, R Rengaswamy - AIChE Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to manipulate drops is essential for integrating multiple processes in droplet
microfluidics‐based lab‐on‐a‐chip devices. Examples of such droplet manipulation …

Very large scale droplet microfluidic integration (VLDMI) using genetic algorithm

JS Kasule, J Maddala, P Mobed… - Computers & Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Droplet microfluidics is likely to play a central role in the development of lab-on-a-chip
technologies and as a result, significant research is directed toward this field. Understanding …

Multifunctional droplet microfluidic platform for rapid immobilization of oligonucleotides on semiconductor quantum dots

TH Nguyen, A Sedighi, UJ Krull, CL Ren - ACS sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quantum dot–DNA oligonucleotide (QD–DNA) conjugates have been used in many fields
such as nucleic acid bioassays, intracellular probes, and drug delivery systems. A typical …

Origin of periodic and chaotic dynamics due to drops moving in a microfluidic loop device

J Maddala, SA Vanapalli, R Rengaswamy - Physical Review E, 2014 - APS
Droplets moving in a microfluidic loop device exhibit both periodic and chaotic behaviors
based on the inlet droplet spacing. We observe that the periodic behavior is an outcome of …

[HTML][HTML] Design of microfluidic chromatographs through reinforcement learning

M Shahab, R Rengaswamy - Digital Chemical Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Chromatography is one of the most valuable techniques chemists possess at their disposal,
conducive to everything from develo** vaccines, food, beverage, and drug testing to …

[HTML][HTML] Millifluidics as a simple tool to optimize droplet networks: case study on drop traffic in a bifurcated loop

WS Wang, SA Vanapalli - Biomicrofluidics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report that modular millifluidic networks are simpler, more cost-effective alternatives to
traditional microfluidic networks, and they can be rapidly generated and altered to optimize …