Advances in digital holographic micro-PTV for analyzing microscale flows

Autor: Sang Joon Lee, Kyung-Won Seo, Myong-Hwan Sohn, Yong-Seok Choi
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 50:39-45
ISSN: 0143-8166
Popis: The accurate three-dimensional (3D) velocity field measurement technique has been receiving large attention in the study of microfluidics. DHM-PTV technique was developed by combining the digital holographic microscopy and particle tracking velocimetry technique. DHM-PTV is an ideal method for measuring three-component-three-dimensional (3C-3D) velocity field in a microscale flow with a fairly good spatial resolution. The advances in the DHM-PTV technique enable the measurement of various microscale flows, such as transport of red blood cells in a microtube and 3D flows in microfluidic devices. DHM-PTV is also applied in studying the motile behavior of swimming microorganisms. DHM-PTV would play an important role in ascertaining the undiscovered basic physics in various microscale and biofluid flow phenomena. In the current study, the basic principle of the DHM-PTV technique and its typical applications to microscale flows are introduced and discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE