Electrokinetically driven microfluidics and nanofluidics / Hsueh-Chia Chang, Leslie Y. Yeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, H.-C. (Hsueh-Chia)

Contributor:

Yeo, Leslie Y., 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fluids--Electric properties.

Fluids.

Liquids--Electric properties.

Liquids.

Microfluidics.

Nanofluids.

Electrokinetics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 508 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Electrokinetics is currently the mechanism of choice for fluid actuation and bioparticle manipulation at microscale and nanoscale dimensions. There has recently been widespread interest in the use of Ac electric fields, given the many advantages they offer over DC electrokinetics. Nevertheless, a fundamental understanding of the governing mechanisms underlying the complex and nonlinear physicochemical devices can be engineered. This text aims to provide a comprehensive treatise on both classical equilibrium electrokinetic phenomena and the more recent nonequilibrium phenomena associate with both DC and AC electrokinetics in the context of their application to the design of microfluidic and nanofluidic technology. In particular, Hsueh-Chia Chang and Leslie Yeo discuss the linear and nonlinear theories underlying electro-osmosis, electrophoresis, and dielectrophoresis pertaining to electrolytes as well as dielectric systems. Interfacial electrokinetic phenomena such as electrospraying, electrosinning, and electrowetting are also discussed.

Contents:

Introduction and fundamental concepts

Classical equilibrium theory due to surface charges

Electro-osmotic transport

Electrophoretic transport and separation

Field-induced dielectric polarization

DC nonlinear electrokinetics due to field-induced double layer polarization

AC nonlinear electro-osmosis due to field-induced double layer polarization

Dielectrophoresis and electrorotation : double layer effects

Electrohydrodynamic atomization, electrospinning, and discharge-driven vortices

Electrokinetically driven bubble and drop transport.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521860253

0521860253

OCLC:

317068170