Magnetofluidic mixing of a ferrofluid droplet under the influence of a time-dependent external field
| Autor: | Sudip Shyam, Pranab Kumar Mondal, Balkrishna Mehta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Ferrofluid
Materials science Mechanical Engineering Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) FOS: Physical sciences Physics - Fluid Dynamics 02 engineering and technology Mechanics Velocimetry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences Instability 010305 fluids & plasmas Micromixing Magnetic field Physics::Fluid Dynamics Mechanics of Materials 0103 physical sciences Convective mixing Magnetic nanoparticles 0210 nano-technology Mixing (physics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 917 |
| ISSN: | 1469-7645 0022-1120 |
| Popis: | We report the experimental investigations on the mixing of a ferrofluid droplet with a non-magnetic fluid in the presence of a time-dependent magnetic field on an open surface microfluidic platform. The bright field visualization technique, in combination with the micro-PIV analysis, is carried out to explore the internal hydrodynamics of the ferrofluid droplet. Also, using the Laser-induced fluorescence (micro-LIF) technique, we quantify the mass transfer occurring between the two droplets, which in effect, determines the underlying mixing performance under the modulation of the frequency of the applied magnetic field. We show that the magnetic nanoparticles exhibit complex spatio-temporal movement inside the ferrofluid droplet domain under the influence of a time-dependent magnetic field, which, in turn, promotes the mixing efficiency in the convective mixing regime. Our analysis establishes that the movement of magnetic nanoparticles in presence of the time-periodic field strengthens the interfacial instability, which acts like a sparking agent to initiate an augmented mixing in the present scenario. By performing numerical simulations, we also review the onset of interfacial instability, mainly stemming from the susceptibility mismatch between the magnetic and non-magnetic fluids. Inferences of the present analysis, which focuses on the simple, wireless, robust, and low-cost open surface micromixing mechanism, will provide a potential solution for rapid droplets mixing without requiring pH level or ion concentration dependency of the fluids. 34 pages, 14 figures |
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