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  • Microfluidic rheometer based on hydrodynamic focusing

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    Author(s)
    Nguyen, Nam-Trung
    Yap, Yit-Fatt
    Sumargo, Agung
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Nguyen, Nam-Trung
    Year published
    2008
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    This paper reports the concept and the optimization of a microfluidic rheometer based on hydrodynamic focusing. In our microfluidic rheometer, a sample stream is sandwiched between two sheath streams. The width of the middle stream depends on the viscosity ratio and the flow rate ratio of the liquids involved. Fixing the flow rate ratio and using a known Newtonian liquid for the sheath streams, the viscosity and the shear stress of the sample stream can be determined by measuring its width and using a prediction algorithm that uses the known channel geometries, fluid properties, flow rates and the focused width as input ...
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    This paper reports the concept and the optimization of a microfluidic rheometer based on hydrodynamic focusing. In our microfluidic rheometer, a sample stream is sandwiched between two sheath streams. The width of the middle stream depends on the viscosity ratio and the flow rate ratio of the liquids involved. Fixing the flow rate ratio and using a known Newtonian liquid for the sheath streams, the viscosity and the shear stress of the sample stream can be determined by measuring its width and using a prediction algorithm that uses the known channel geometries, fluid properties, flow rates and the focused width as input parameters. The optimization reveals that a measurement channel with a high aspect ratio is more suitable for a sample liquid with viscosity higher than the reference value. For a sample liquid with viscosity of the same order of magnitude or lower than the reference, a low aspect ratio is more suitable. Furthermore, the measurement range and the relative error can be improved by adjusting the flow rate ratio between the core stream and the sheath stream. A microfluidic device was fabricated in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). Using this device, viscosities of deionized (DI) water and polyethylene oxide (PEO) solutions were measured and compared with results obtained from a commercial rheometer.
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    Journal Title
    Measurement Science and Technology
    Volume
    19
    Issue
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/19/8/085405
    Copyright Statement
    © 2008 Institute of Physics Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Physical sciences
    Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified
    Engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/62105
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