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Area of Science:

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Polymer Physics
  • Microfluidics

Background:

  • Fluidic rectification is anisotropic flow resistance dependent on flow direction.
  • Polymeric solutions can show anisotropic flow resistance in microfluidic channels.
  • This concept remains unexplored in anisotropic porous media.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fluidic rectifier utilizing anisotropic porous media.
  • To investigate flow rectification in periodic triangular pillar arrays at low Reynolds numbers.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of an anisotropic porous medium with triangular pillars.
  • Experimental investigation of fluid flow in forward and backward directions.
  • Analysis of elastic instabilities at high Weissenberg numbers.

Main Results:

  • Achieved fluidic rectification in the anisotropic porous medium.
  • Observed differing flow resistance across the two principal directions.
  • Identified distinct elastic instabilities (e.g., dead-zone instability) in each flow direction.

Conclusions:

  • The developed anisotropic porous medium functions as a fluidic rectifier.
  • Elastic instabilities in polymeric solutions are key to rectification in this system.
  • A link exists between dead-zone instability and the onset of fluidic rectification.