Transverse electrokinetic and microfluidic effects in micropatterned channels: Lubrication analysis for slab geometries
- 14 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 65 (1), 016301
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.65.016301
Abstract
Off-diagonal (transverse) effects in micropatterned geometries are predicted and analyzed within the general frame of linear-response theory, relating applied pressure gradient and electric field to flow and electric current. These effects could contribute to the design of pumps, mixers, or flow detectors. Shape and charge-density modulations are proposed as a means to obtain sizeable transverse effects, as demonstrated by focusing on simple geometries and using the lubrication approximation.Keywords
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