Session: Microfluidics and Small-Scale Flows I: Fundamentals (2009 Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009: 8:30 AM

Pres. Boardroom B (Gaylord Opryland Hotel)

Description:

This session of contributed talks will focus on microhydrodynamic phenomena in the low-Reynolds number regime. Topics will include studies of flow, particle manipulation, and heat and mass transfer in microfluidic devices.

Sponsor:

Fluid Mechanics

Chair:

James F. Gilchrist
Email: gilchrist@lehigh.edu

Co-Chair:

Hang Lu
Email: hang.lu@gatech.edu

8:30 AM

(371a) Effects of Fluctuating Hydrodynamic Interactions On the Dynamics of Confined Polymer Solutions: Grooved Channels and Pore-Translocation Rates
Juan P. Hernandez-Ortiz, Michael D. Graham and Juan J. De Pablo

8:45 AM

(371b) Partition Induced Vector Separation in Microfluidic Devices
Jorge A. Bernate, Carson Riche and German Drazer

9:00 AM

(371c) Particle Interactions with Patchy Surfaces in Confined Microscale Flow: Insights From Modeling
Jeffrey M. Davis, Maria M. Santore and Ranojoy D. Duffadar

9:15 AM

(371d) Induced Charge Electrokinetics Over 'controllably Contaminated' Surfaces: The Effects of Dielectric Thin Films and Surface Chemistry
Andrew J. Pascall and Todd M. Squires

9:30 AM

(371e) Concentration Gradient Generation Using Induced Charge Electro-Osmosis
Mranal Jain, Anthony Yeung and Krishnaswamy Nandakumar

9:45 AM

(371f) Anisotropic Electro-Osmotic Flow Over Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces
Martin Z. Bazant, Supreet Bahga and Olga I. Vinogradova

10:00 AM

(371g) Drag Force in Vibrating Nanowires Using Theory and Simulations
Shriram Ramanathan, Donald L. Koch and Rustom Bhiladvala

10:15 AM

(371h) Passive Breakup of Viscoelastic Droplets and Filament Self-Thinning at a Microfluidic T-Junction
Gordon F. Christopher and Shelley L. Anna

10:30 AM

(371i) Characterization of Bubble Breakup in a Rectangular Microchannel
Gautham C. Unni and Kimberly H. Henthorn

10:45 AM

(371j) The Effects of Viscosity and Surfactant Concentration On Two Phase Flow in a T-Junction Microfluidic Device
Chris Tostado, Jianhong Xu and Guangsheng Luo

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