Thermally mediated breakup of drops in microchannels

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Wong, Teck Neng, Chai, John Chee Kiong, Yobas, Levent, Ting, Teck-Hui, Yap, Yit Fatt
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94199; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7845
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The authors used thermally induced surface tension gradients to manipulate aqueous droplets in microchannels. Control of the droplet breakup process was demonstrated. Droplet sorting can be achieved with temperatures above a critical value. Numerical simulation using a two-dimensional model agrees q...