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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 326, Issue 2, Pages 503-510Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.06.028
Keywords
microfluidics; electroosmotic flow; non-Newtonian power-law fluids; generalized Smoluchowski equation; fluid behavior index
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- Ministry of Education of Singapore [RG17/05]
- Nanyang Technological University
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Electroosmotic flow of power-law fluids in a slit channel is analyzed. The governing equations including the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation, the Cauchy momentum equation, and the continuity equation are solved to seek analytical expressions for the shear stress, dynamic viscosity, and velocity distribution. Specifically, exact solutions of the velocity distributions are explicitly found for several special values of the flow behavior index. Furthermore, with the implementation of an approximate scheme for the hyperbolic cosine function, approximate solutions of the velocity distributions are obtained. In addition, a generalized Smoluchowski velocity is introduced by taking into account contributions due to the finite thickness of the electric double layer and the flow behavior index of power-law fluids. Calculations are performed to examine the effects Of K H, flow behavior index, double layer thickness, and applied electric, field on the shear stress, dynamic viscosity, velocity distribution, and average velocity/flow rate of the electroosmotic flow of power-law fluids. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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