Polymeric droplet formation and flow pattern evolution in capillary microchannels: Effect of fluid elasticity

L Duan, W Yuan, N Hao, M Mei - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Polymeric droplets are widely employed in fields such as chemical, biomedical, and
materials engineering. However, the study of polymeric droplet formation is still insufficient …

Droplets can enhance microcapsule deformation in channel flow

D Jing, R Lu, A Farutin, Z Guo, F Wang… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
The dynamics of soft microparticles enclosed in a droplet flowing in a channel is an
unexplored fundamental problem that lies at the heart of numerous applications, including …

A computational study of cell membrane damage and intracellular delivery in a cross-slot microchannel

R Lu, P Yu, Y Sui - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a three-dimensional computational framework to simulate the flow-induced cell
membrane damage and the resulting enhanced intracellular mass transport in a cross-slot …

Microfluidic creep experiment for measuring linear viscoelastic mechanical properties of microparticles in a cross-slot extensional flow device

S Ghanbarpour Mamaghani, JB Dahl - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The micromechanical measurement field has struggled to establish repeatable techniques,
likely because the deforming stresses can be complicated and difficult to model. Here we …