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Self-propelling surfactant droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics--cargo transport, drop-splitting and
David K N Sinz1, Anton A Darhuber
1Mesoscopic Transport Phenomena Group, Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Lab on a Chip
|January 17, 2012
Abstract:
We demonstrate the applicability of self-propulsion as a passive driving mechanism for droplets in chemically-confined microfluidics. The droplets can be used to transport considerably sized solid cargo particles. We implemented thermal actuation as a steering mechanism for the droplets at fluidic junctions.
