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Teng Zhou¹, Zhenyu Liu², Yihui Wu²

¹State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

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This study introduces a new method to optimize microfluidic particle focusing devices. It shows that particle trajectories are not always aligned with flow streamlines, especially when particles interact with channel walls.

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Area of Science:

Microfluidics
Biophysics
Computational Fluid Dynamics

Background:

Passive sheathless particle focusing in microfluidics commonly uses V-shaped obstacle arrays (VOA).
Current VOA designs primarily consider flow streamlines, neglecting crucial fluid-particle interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically analyze particle trajectories in microfluidic channels using a fluid-particle interaction method.
To develop an optimized VOA design for improved particle focusing.
To propose a computationally efficient design objective based on Faxen's law.

Main Methods:

Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) fluid-particle interaction method for trajectory simulation.
Systematic analysis of particle-wall interactions.
Development and application of a dimensionless design objective based on Faxen's law.

Main Results:

Particle trajectories deviate from flow streamlines, particularly when particles interact with channel walls.
Streamline approximation is valid only for particles near the channel's center.
The proposed heuristic design objective effectively optimizes VOA devices.

Conclusions:

Fluid-particle interactions are critical for accurate particle trajectory prediction in microfluidics.
The developed heuristic design method offers an efficient alternative to complex simulations for VOA optimization.
Experimental and simulation results validate the improved performance of the optimized VOA devices.