Electric Field Mediated Instabilities for On-Demand Microfluidic Mixing and Separation

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dc.contributor.authorDutta, Satarupa
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-18T06:08:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T10:34:51Z
dc.date.available2022-05-18T06:08:14Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T10:34:51Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionSupervisors: Dipankar Bandyopadhyay and Partho Sarathi Gooh Pattaderen_US
dc.description.abstractThe thesis deals with the study of the effects of externally applied electric field in some selected microfluidic phenomena with the aid of micro and mesoscale model set-ups. Experiments as well as theoretical studies shed light on the physics governing the phenomena along-with demonstrating the feasibility of the same for various practical applications. Microfluidic Mixing: The characteristics of electric field induced instabilities triggered due to ion injections in stratified miscible microflows for prospective applications of mixing, micro-reactions and enhancement of heat and mass transfer operations are studied. A complete linear stability analysis and numerical simulations of the phenomena reveal the finer details of such instabilities. Particle Laden Flows: Th salient features of the electric field induced assemblies of microparticles suspended in an insulating liquid have been studied. With the use of a mesoscale set-up, the charge transfer dynamics associated with the field induced multi-particle oscillations have been studied experimentally. Numerical simulations have been carried out to explore the physics associated with the phenomena. Droplet Laden Flows: The dynamics associated with the electric field driven migrations of an aqueous droplet across the interface between liquid pairs with very low interfacial tensions between them have been studied. A combined experimental and numerical study explores the various modes of such active migrations along-with characterising the idiosyncrasies associated with them. In another study, the asymmetric contact dynamics during electric field induced drop non-coalescence in an insulating oil have been explored with the help of experiments and numerical simulations.en_US
dc.identifier.otherROLL NO.156107006
dc.identifier.urihttps://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/1980
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTH-2532;
dc.subjectCHEMICAL ENGINEERINGen_US
dc.titleElectric Field Mediated Instabilities for On-Demand Microfluidic Mixing and Separationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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