Tiller, B., Reboud, J. , Tassieri, M. , Wilson, R. and Cooper, J. M. (2017) Frequency dependence of microflows upon acoustic interactions with fluids. Physics of Fluids, 29(12), 122008. (doi: 10.1063/1.4999308)
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Abstract
Rayleigh surface acoustic waves (SAWs), generated on piezoelectric substrates, can interact with liquids to generate fast streaming flows. Although studied extensively, mainly phenomenologically, the effect of the SAW frequency on streaming in fluids in constrained volumes is not fully understood, resulting in sub-optimal correlations between models and experimental observations. Using microfluidic structures to reproducibly define the fluid volume, we use recent advances modeling the body force generated by SAWs to develop a deeper understanding of the effect of acoustic frequency on the magnitude of streaming flows. We implement this as a new predictive tool using a finite element model of fluid motion to establish optimized conditions for streaming. The model is corroborated experimentally over a range of different acoustic excitation frequencies enabling us to validate a design tool, linking microfluidic channel dimensions with frequencies and streaming efficiencies. We show that in typical microfluidic chambers, the length and height of the chamber are critical in determining the optimum frequency, with smaller geometries requiring higher frequencies.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Tiller, Mr Benjamin and Wilson, Dr Robert and Cooper, Professor Jonathan and Reboud, Professor Julien and Tassieri, Dr Manlio |
| Authors: | Tiller, B., Reboud, J., Tassieri, M., Wilson, R., and Cooper, J. M. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering |
| Journal Name: | Physics of Fluids |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| ISSN: | 1070-6631 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1089-7666 |
| Published Online: | 26 December 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 American Institute of Physics |
| First Published: | First published in Physics of Fluids 29(12):122008 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Data DOI: | 10.5525/gla.researchdata.560 |
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