Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

Particle squeezing in narrow confinements

Z Zhang, J Xu, C Drapaca - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2018 - Springer
Many lab-on-a-chip applications require processing of droplets, cells, and particles using
narrow confinements. The physics governing the process of a particle squeezing through …

Experimental measurement and numerical modeling of deformation behavior of breast cancer cells passing through constricted microfluidic channels

P Keshavarz Motamed, H Abouali… - Microsystems & …, 2024 - nature.com
During the multistep process of metastasis, cancer cells encounter various mechanical
forces which make them deform drastically. Developing accurate in-silico models, capable of …

[HTML][HTML] A stabilised finite element framework for viscoelastic multiphase flows using a conservative level-set method

W Doherty, TN Phillips, Z Xie - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of stable numerical schemes for viscoelastic multiphase flows has
implications for many areas of engineering applications. The principal original contribution …

Three-dimensional simulation of droplet dynamics in a fractionally-wet constricted channel

G Imani, L Zhang, MJ Blunt, S Foroughi… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents droplet dynamics due to capillarity-wettability interaction through a
constricted capillary channel. Previous research has investigated the droplet motion in a …

A CutFEM method for two-phase flow problems

S Claus, P Kerfriden - Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this article, we present a cut finite element method for two-phase Navier–Stokes flows.
The main feature of the method is the formulation of a unified continuous interior penalty …

Migration of a viscoelastic drop in a ratchet microchannel

AK Nema, MK Tripathi, KC Sahu - Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid …, 2022 - Elsevier
We numerically investigate the deformation and migration of a viscoelastic droplet in a
ratchet microchannel, a phenomenon that occurs in many practical applications and …

Electrowetting: A versatile tool for drop manipulation, generation, and characterization

F Mugele, M Duits, D Van den Ende - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2010 - Elsevier
Electrowetting is arguably the most flexible tool to control and vary the wettability of solid
surfaces by an external control parameter. In this article we briefly discuss the physical origin …

Quantitative determination of the threshold pressure for a discontinuous phase to pass through a constriction using microscale simulation

G Imani, L Zhang, MJ Blunt, C Xu, Y Guo, H Sun… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The displacement of oil by water in a porous rock leads to a disconnection of the oil phase
as a result of the competition of viscous and capillary forces. In this study, we performed two …

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 …