Abstract
Models and microfluidic experiments are presented of an electrophoretic separation technique in which charged particles whose mobilities exceed a tunable threshold are trapped between the crests of a longitudinal electric wave traveling through a stationary viscous fluid. The wave is created by applying periodic potentials to electrode arrays above and below a microchannel. Predicted average velocities agree with experiments and feature chaotic attractors for intermediate mobilities.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 076103 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 20 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy