We report the dynamical behaviour of aqueous ferrofluid droplets (FFDs) of different sizes and concentrations at the interface of coflowing immiscible oils in a microchannel in the presence of the magnetic field. We show that the migration and sorting phenomena are governed by the interplay between magnetic force , non-inertial lift force , and interfacial tension force . Depending on the force ratios, namely, the lift force ratio ] and magnetic force ratio [], three different regimes are identified. The results also reveal that the FFD trajectory and migration length () depend on the net force ratio and magnet location . Finally, size-based sorting of FFD is demonstrated, which shows a remarkable improvement in terms of the size range and resolution compared to when the magnetic field is not present.
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1 October 2018
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October 03 2018
Dynamics of aqueous ferrofluid droplets at coflowing liquid-liquid interface under a non-uniform magnetic field
U. Banerjee;
U. Banerjee
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
, Chennai 600036, India
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A. Raj;
A. Raj
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
, Chennai 600036, India
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A. K. Sen
A. K. Sen
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
, Chennai 600036, India
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: ashis@iitm.ac.in
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: ashis@iitm.ac.in
Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 143702 (2018)
Article history
Received:
June 27 2018
Accepted:
September 20 2018
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U. Banerjee, A. Raj, A. K. Sen; Dynamics of aqueous ferrofluid droplets at coflowing liquid-liquid interface under a non-uniform magnetic field. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1 October 2018; 113 (14): 143702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046332
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