Hydrodynamics of a droplet passing through a microfluidic T-junction

Y Chen, Z Deng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
We develop a phase-field multiphase lattice Boltzmann model to systematically investigate
the dynamic behaviour of a droplet passing through a microfluidic T-junction, especially …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of contact angle and its hysteresis in two-phase flow with large viscosity difference

H Liu, Y Ju, N Wang, G Xi, Y Zhang - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon omnipresent in nature and
various industrial processes, but its effects are not considered in many existing multiphase …

Numerical simulation of junction point pressure during droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction

Y Yan, D Guo, SZ Wen - Chemical engineering science, 2012 - Elsevier
A three dimensional numerical simulation on the droplet formation in a microfluidic T-
junction is reported. The mechanism of droplet formation in the immiscible liquid/liquid T …

Flow regime transition at high capillary numbers in a microfluidic T-junction: Viscosity contrast and geometry effect

A Gupta, R Kumar - Physics of Fluids, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
Flow regimes obtained as a consequence of two immiscible fluids interacting at a T-junction
are presented for transitional to high capillary numbers and different ratios of the continuous …

Droplet formation and stability of flows in a microfluidic T-junction

A Gupta, SM Murshed, R Kumar - Applied physics letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Flow regimes obtained as a consequence of two immiscible fluids interacting at a T-junction
are presented for high Capillary numbers and different flow rates of the continuous and …

Prediction of droplet sizes in a T-junction microchannel: Effect of dispersed phase inertial forces

SK Jena, SS Bahga, S Kondaraju - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The generation of monodispersed droplets in T-junction microchannels has wide range
applications in biochemical analysis and material synthesis. While the generation of these …

An investigation on the mechanism of droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction

J Sivasamy, TN Wong, NT Nguyen, LTH Kao - Microfluidics and …, 2011 - Springer
This paper reports the findings of a numerical investigation on the droplet break-up in a
microfluidic T-junction. The numerical flow visualization of the droplet formation process is …

Droplet dynamics passing through obstructions in confined microchannel flow

C Chung, M Lee, K Char, KH Ahn, SJ Lee - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2010 - Springer
Motivated by the previous studies (Lee et al., Lab Chip 10: 1160–1166, 2010; Link et al.,
Phys Rev Lett 92: 054503-1–054503-4, 2004), the droplet dynamics passing through …

Effects of viscosity, interfacial tension, and flow geometry on droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction

JD Wehking, M Gabany, L Chew, R Kumar - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2014 - Springer
Precise control of monodisperse micron-sized liquid droplet emulsions produced in a
microfluidic T-junction has far reaching implications in several mechanical, biomedical, and …

Droplet formation in a microfluidic T-junction involving highly viscous fluid systems

L Bai, Y Fu, S Zhao, Y Cheng - Chemical Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Droplet formation involving highly viscous fluids is studied experimentally in a T-junction
microchannel. Different combinations of fluids, including ionic liquids, glycerol and silicon …