Flattening of Diluted Species Profile via Passive Geometry in a Microfluidic Device

In recent years, microfluidic devices have become an important tool for use in lab-on-a-chip processes, including drug screening and delivery, bio-chemical reactions, sample preparation and analysis, chemotaxis, and separations. In many such processes, a flat cross-sectional concentration profile with uniform flow velocity across the channel is desired to achieve controlled and precise solute transport. This is often accommodated by the use of electroosmotic flow, however, it is not an ideal for many applications, particularly biomicrofluidics. Meanwhile, pressure-driven systems generally exhibit a parabolic cross-sectional concentration profile through a channel. We draw inspiration from finite element fluid dynamics simulations to design and fabricate a practical solution to achieving a flat solute concentration profile in a two-dimensional (2D) microfluidic channel. The channel possesses geometric features to passively flatten the solute profile before entering the defined region of interest in the microfluidic channel. An obviously flat solute profile across the channel is demonstrated in both simulation and experiment. This technology readily lends itself to many microfluidic applications which require controlled solute transport in pressure driven systems.

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PRESSURE DRIVEN WATER TRANSPORT THROUGH GRAPHENE NANOCHANNEL USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS

10.1615/ihmtc-2017.60 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Subhendu Rana ◽

Kishore Kumar Kammara ◽

Sai Abhishek Peddakotla ◽

Rakesh Kumar

Keyword(s):

Molecular Dynamics ◽

Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽

Water Transport ◽

Dynamics Simulations ◽

Pressure Driven

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OSTEOPOROSIS AND RISK FACTORS IN THE PATIENTS ON CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2014.6.7 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 50-58

Author(s):

Thi Dung Nguyen ◽

Tam Vo

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Bone Density ◽

Region Of Interest ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Chronic Hemodialysis ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

X Ray ◽

Density Reduction

Background: The patients on hemodialysis have a significantly decreased quality of life. One of many problems which reduce the quality of life and increase the mortality in these patients is osteoporosis and osteoporosis associated fractures. Objectives: To assess the bone density of those on hemodialysis by dual energy X ray absorptiometry and to examine the risk factors of bone density reduction in these patients. Patients and Method: This is a cross-sectional study, including 93 patients on chronic hemodialysis at the department of Hemodialysis at Cho Ray Hospital. Results: Mean bone densities at the region of interest (ROI) neck, trochanter, Ward triangle, intertrochanter and total neck are 0.603 ± 0.105; 0.583 ± 0.121; 0.811 ± 0.166; 0.489 ± 0.146; 0.723 ± 0.138 g/cm2 respectively. The prevalences of osteoporosis at those ROI are 39.8%, 15.1%; 28%; 38.7%; and 26.9% respectively. The prevalences of osteopenia at those ROI are 54.8%; 46.3%; 60.2%; 45.2% and 62.7% respectively. The prevalence of osteopososis in at least one ROI is 52.7% and the prevalence of osteopenia in at least one ROI is 47.3%. There are relations between the bone density at the neck and the gender of the patient and the albuminemia. Bone density at the trochanter is influenced by gender, albuminemia, calcemia and phosphoremia. Bone density at the intertrochanter is affected by the gender. Bone density at the Ward triangle is influenced by age and albuminemia. Total neck bone density is influenced by gender, albuminemia and phosphoremia. Conclusion: Osteoporosis in patients on chronic hemodialysis is an issue that requires our attention. There are many interventionable risk factors of bone density decrease in these patients. Key words: Osteoporosis, DEXA, chronic renal failure, chronic hemodialysis

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A numerical study of the wave-induced solute transport above a rippled bed

Journal of Fluid Mechanics ◽

10.1017/s0022112095003508 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 299 ◽

pp. 267-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

K. T. Shum

Keyword(s):

Flow Field ◽

Solute Transport ◽

Concentration Profile ◽

Vortical Flow ◽

Sediment Surface ◽

Normal Velocity ◽

Advective Transport ◽

Fluid Particles ◽

Wave Induced ◽

Rippled Bed

The role of wave-induced separated flow in solute transport above a rippled bed is studied from numerical solutions to the two-dimensional Navier–Strokes equations and the advection-diffusion equation. A horizontal ambient flow that varies sinusoidally in time is imposed far above the bed, and a constant concentration difference between the upper and lower boundaries of computation is assumed. The computed flow field is the sum of an oscillatory rectilinear flow and a vortical flow which is periodic both in time and in the horizontal. Poincaré sections of this flow suggest chaotic mixing. Vertical lines of fluid particles above the crest and above the trough deform into whorls and tendrils, respectively, in just one wave period. Horizontal lines near the bottom deform into Smale horseshoe patterns. The combination of high shear and vortex-induced normal velocity close to the sediment surface results in large net displacements of fluid particles in a period. The resulting advective transport normal to the bed can be higher than molecular diffusion from well within the viscous boundary layer up to a few ripple heights above the bed. When this flow field is applied to the transport equation of a passive scalar, two distinct features – regular temporal oscillations in concentration and a linear time-averaged vertical concentration profile – are found immediately above the bed. These features have also been observed previously in field measurements on oxygen concentration. Advective transport is shown to be dominant even in the region where the time-averaged concentration profile is linear, a region where vertical solute transport has often been estimated using diffusion-type models in many field studies.

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Molecular dynamic simulations of pressure-driven water transport through polyamide nanofiltration membranes at different membrane densities

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c6ra12115b ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (68) ◽

pp. 63586-63596 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Luying Wang ◽

Randall S. Dumont ◽

James M. Dickson

Keyword(s):

Molecular Dynamics ◽

Porous Structure ◽

Molecular Dynamic ◽

Water Transport ◽

Aromatic Polyamide ◽

Molecular Dynamic Simulations ◽

Nanofiltration Membranes ◽

Dynamic Simulations ◽

Dynamics Simulations ◽

Pressure Driven

The amorphous aromatic polyamide membranes with different membrane densities were modeled to study the porous structure of free-volume pores and the pressure-driven water transport by using molecular dynamics simulations.

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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Hexadecane/Silicalite Interfaces

MRS Proceedings ◽

10.1557/proc-543-137 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 543 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edmund B. Webb ◽

Gary S. Grest

Keyword(s):

Molecular Dynamics ◽

Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽

Concentration Profile ◽

Interfacial Region ◽

Absorption Length ◽

Structure Of Molecules ◽

Dynamics Simulations

AbstractThe interface between liquid hexadecane and the (010) surface of silicalite was studied by molecular dynamics. The structure of molecules in the interfacial region is influenced by the presence of pore mouths on the silicalite surface. For this surface, whose pores are the entrances to straight channels, the concentration profile for partially absorbed molecules is peaked around 10 monomers inside the zeolite. No preference to enter or exit the zeolite based on absorption length is observed except for very small or very large absorption lengths. We also found no preferential conformation of the unabsorbed tails for partially absorbed molecules.

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Direct characterization of solute transport in unsaturated porous media using fast X-ray synchrotron microtomography

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ◽

10.1073/pnas.2011716117 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 117 (38) ◽

pp. 23443-23449 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sharul Hasan ◽

Vahid Niasar ◽

Nikolaos K. Karadimitriou ◽

Jose R. A. Godinho ◽

Nghia T. Vo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Solute Transport ◽

High Speed ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Concentration Field ◽

Solute Concentration ◽

Breakthrough Curves ◽

Pore Scale ◽

X Ray ◽

Long Tails ◽

Computed Microtomography

Solute transport in unsaturated porous materials is a complex process, which exhibits some distinct features differentiating it from transport under saturated conditions. These features emerge mostly due to the different transport time scales at different regions of the flow network, which can be classified into flowing and stagnant regions, predominantly controlled by advection and diffusion, respectively. Under unsaturated conditions, the solute breakthrough curves show early arrivals and very long tails, and this type of transport is usually referred to as non-Fickian. This study directly characterizes transport through an unsaturated porous medium in three spatial dimensions at the resolution of 3.25 μm and the time resolution of 6 s. Using advanced high-speed, high-spatial resolution, synchrotron-based X-ray computed microtomography (sCT) we obtained detailed information on solute transport through a glass bead packing at different saturations. A large experimental dataset (>50 TB) was produced, while imaging the evolution of the solute concentration with time at any given point within the field of view. We show that the fluids’ topology has a critical signature on the non-Fickian transport, which yet needs to be included in the Darcy-scale solute transport models. The three-dimensional (3D) results show that the fully mixing assumption at the pore scale is not valid, and even after injection of several pore volumes the concentration field at the pore scale is not uniform. Additionally, results demonstrate that dispersivity is changing with saturation, being twofold larger at the saturation of 0.52 compared to that at the fully saturated domain.

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Mechanical properties of cellulose nanofibrils determined through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal ◽

10.3183/npprj-2012-27-02-p282-286 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 282-286 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Jukka Ketoja ◽

Sami Paavilainen ◽

James Liam McWhirter ◽

Tomasz Róg ◽

Juha Järvinen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

Molecular Dynamics ◽

Elastic Modulus ◽

Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽

Elastic Constants ◽

Cellulose Nanofibrils ◽

Amorphous Cellulose ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Elementary Fibrils ◽

Dynamics Simulations

Abstract We have carried out atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to study the mechanical properties of cellulose nanofibrils in water and ethanol. The studied elementary fibrils consisted of regions having 34 or 36 cellulose chains whose cross-sectional diameter across the fibril was roughly 3.4 nm. The models used in simulations included both crystalline and non-crystalline regions, where the latter were designed to describe the essentials parts of amorphous cellulose nanofibrils. We examined different numbers of connecting chains between the crystallites, and found out that the elastic constants, inelastic deformations, and strength of the fibril depend on this number. For example, the elastic modulus for the whole fibril can be estimated to increase by 4 GPa for each additional connecting chain.

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Modulating yaw with an unstable rigid body and a course-stabilizing or steering caudal fin in the yellow boxfish ( Ostracion cubicus )

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.200129 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 200129 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pim G. Boute ◽

Sam Van Wassenbergh ◽

Eize J. Stamhuis

Keyword(s):

Fluid Dynamics ◽

Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽

Rigid Body ◽

Body Shape ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Caudal Fin ◽

Stabilizing Effect ◽

Flow Speeds ◽

Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations ◽

Dynamics Simulations

Despite that boxfishes have a rigid carapace that restricts body undulation, they are highly manoeuvrable and manage to swim with remarkably dynamic stability. Recent research has indicated that the rigid body shape of boxfishes shows an inherently unstable response in its rotations caused by course-disturbing flows. Hence, any net stabilizing effect should come from the fishes' fins. The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of the surface area and orientation of the caudal fin on the yaw torque exerted on the yellow boxfish, Ostracion cubicus , a square cross-sectional shaped species of boxfish. Yaw torques quantified in a flow tank using a physical model with an attachable closed or open caudal fin at different body and tail angles and at different water flow speeds showed that the caudal fin is crucial for controlling yaw. These flow tank results were confirmed by computational fluid dynamics simulations. The caudal fin acts as both a course-stabilizer and rudder for the naturally unstable rigid body with regard to yaw. Boxfishes seem to use the interaction of the unstable body and active changes in the shape and orientation of the caudal fin to modulate manoeuvrability and stability.

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