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MECHANICS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 33-38Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2008.07.012
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Electrokinetic instability; Electrohydrodynamics; Microfluidics; Mixing
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- NSF CAREER Award [CBET-0747886]
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Electrokinetic instability is a microscale instability observed during the development of electrokinetic microfluidic applications, and is induced by an interaction between the electric field and fluid motion. In this brief review, the basic mechanism as well as the various aspects of this instability are summarized. These include the effects of field alignment, electroosmotic velocity (convective and absolute instability), channel dimension, periodic forcing, and multiple-species. A brief discussion on the applications of the instability is also presented. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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