Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale

TM Squires, SR Quake - Reviews of modern physics, 2005 - APS
Microfabricated integrated circuits revolutionized computation by vastly reducing the space,
labor, and time required for calculations. Microfluidic systems hold similar promise for the …

Engineering flows in small devices: microfluidics toward a lab-on-a-chip

HA Stone, AD Stroock, A Ajdari - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2004 - annualreviews.org
Microfluidic devices for manipulating fluids are widespread and finding uses in many
scientific and industrial contexts. Their design often requires unusual geometries and the …

[BOOK][B] Theoretical microfluidics

H Bruus - 2007 - books.google.com
Microfluidics is a young and rapidly expanding scientific discipline, which deals with fluids
and solutions in miniaturized systems, the so-called lab-on-a-chip systems. It has …

Diffuse-charge dynamics in electrochemical systems

MZ Bazant, K Thornton, A Ajdari - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2004 - APS
The response of a model microelectrochemical system to a time-dependent applied voltage
is analyzed. The article begins with a fresh historical review including electrochemistry …

Towards an understanding of induced-charge electrokinetics at large applied voltages in concentrated solutions

MZ Bazant, MS Kilic, BD Storey, A Ajdari - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2009 - Elsevier
The venerable theory of electrokinetic phenomena rests on the hypothesis of a dilute
solution of point-like ions in quasi-equilibrium with a weakly charged surface, whose …

Steric effects in the dynamics of electrolytes at large applied voltages. I. Double-layer charging

MS Kilic, MZ Bazant, A Ajdari - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2007 - APS
The classical Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) theory of electrolytes assumes a dilute solution of
point charges with mean-field electrostatic forces. Even for very dilute solutions, however, it …

Induced-charge electro-osmosis

TM Squires, MZ Bazant - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2004 - cambridge.org
We describe the general phenomenon of 'induced-charge electro-osmosis'(ICEO)–the
nonlinear electro-osmotic slip that occurs when an applied field acts on the ionic charge it …

Electrohydrodynamics and dielectrophoresis in microsystems: scaling laws

A Castellanos, A Ramos, A Gonzalez… - Journal of Physics D …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
The movement and behaviour of particles suspended in aqueous solutions subjected to non-
uniform ac electric fields is examined. The ac electric fields induce movement of polarizable …

Induced-charge electrokinetic phenomena: theory and microfluidic applications

MZ Bazant, TM Squires - Physical review letters, 2004 - APS
We give a general, physical description of “induced-charge electro-osmosis”(ICEO), the
nonlinear electrokinetic slip at a polarizable surface, in the context of some new techniques …

Review on the physics of electrospray: from electrokinetics to the operating conditions of single and coaxial Taylor cone-jets, and AC electrospray

AM Ganán-Calvo, JM López-Herrera… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, we review the physics of the liquid ejection by the application of electric fields,
paying special attention to the steady cone-jet mode of electrospray. We aim to provide a …