Electrokinetic insect-bioinspired membrane pumping in a high aspect ratio bio-microfluidic system

VK Narla, D Tripathi, DS Bhandari, OA Bég - Microfluidics and …, 2022 - Springer
Microscale flows utilizing stimulus-responsive working fluids are finding increasing
applications in emerging areas in mechanical, biological and chemical engineering …

Alteration in electroosmotic flow of couple stress fluids through membrane based microchannel

A Bhardwaj, A Kumar, DS Bhandari… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fundamentals of electroosmosis are the most fascinating mechanism to induce flow of
ionic solution under the effect of external electric field. The electroosmotic flow of the couple …

A critical review on micro-scale pumping based on insect-inspired membrane kinematics

D Tripathi, DS Bhandari, OA Bég - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
The membrane-based pumping mechanism is being increasingly deployed to meet the
needs of medical, bio-engineering, microfabrication technology, microscale transport …

Electro-osmosis modulated periodic membrane pumping flow and particle motion with magnetic field effects

DS Bhandari, D Tripathi, O Anwar Bég - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Theoretical studies of micro-electro-mechanical systems provide important insight into the
mechanisms and optimization of such devices for a range of applications, including …

Electroosmosis of viscoelastic fluids in pH-sensitive hydrophobic microchannels: Effect of surface charge-dependent slip length

SK Mehta, A Ghosh, PK Mondal, S Wongwises - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We analytically investigated the electroosmotic flow characteristics of complex viscoelastic
liquids within a charged hydrophobic microchannel, considering the pH and salt …

Electro-osmotic flow of non-Newtonian biofluids through wavy micro-concentric tubes

KS Mekheimer, RE Abo-Elkhair, AMA Moawad - BioNanoScience, 2018 - Springer
Most biofluids are non-Newtonian fluids with complex flow behaviors; for instance, human
blood and DNA samples are shear thinning fluids (Jeffery model). The electro-kinetic …

A systematic overview of electrode configuration in electric‐driven micropumps

T Tavari, M Nazari, S Meamardoost, A Tamayol… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate manipulation of fluids in microfluidic devices is an important factor affecting their
functions. Since the emergence of microfluidic technology to transport fluids in …

Electrokinetically driven fluidic transport of power-law fluids in rectangular microchannels

MA Vakili, A Sadeghi, MH Saidi, AA Mozafari - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2012 - Elsevier
Electroosmosis is the predominant mechanism for flow generation in lab-on-chip devices.
Since most biofluids encountered in these devices are considered to be non-Newtonian, it is …

Microconfined electroosmotic flow of a complex fluid with asymmetric charges: Interplay of fluid rheology and physicochemical heterogeneity

B Mahapatra, A Bandopadhyay - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report a study on the micro-confined electroosmotic flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid over a
surface having asymmetric charge modulation. We have employed a combination of regular …

A clip-on electroosmotic pump for oscillating flow in microfluidic cell culture devices

K Bengtsson, J Christoffersson, CF Mandenius… - Microfluidics and …, 2018 - Springer
Recent advances in microfluidic devices put a high demand on small, robust and reliable
pumps suitable for high-throughput applications. Here we demonstrate a compact, low-cost …