Inertial Manipulation of Bubbles in Rectangular Microfluidic Channels

P. Hadikhani [1], S. Mohammad H. Hashemi [1], G.Balestra [2], L. Zhu [3], M. A. Modestino [4], F. Gallaire [2], D. Psaltis [1],
[1] Optics Laboratory, School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics and Instabilities, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, US
[4] Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, US

Published in 2018

Bubbles trajectories in microchannel laminar flow can be controlled with fluidic forces. This effect finds applications in the field of electrochemical engineering. In this study, we investigate the bubble motion at moderate Reynolds number (1

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