Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers
Microfluidic applications involving liquid manipulation, selective membranes, and energy harvesting strongly emphasize the importance of the electrokinetic phenomenon, which is widely used at multiple fluid and electrochemical interfaces. However, critical scientific issues that address multifield c...
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| author | Chen, Di-Lin Liu, Shu-Yan Luo, Kang Yi, Hong-Liang Yang, Chun |
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| description | Microfluidic applications involving liquid manipulation, selective membranes, and energy harvesting strongly emphasize the importance of the electrokinetic phenomenon, which is widely used at multiple fluid and electrochemical interfaces. However, critical scientific issues that address multifield coupling and multiscale physics have not been well addressed in non-Newtonian fluids. In this paper, electrical field-fluid flow-ion transport coupling is numerically implemented in two mainstream problems, i.e., induced electroconvection phenomena at ion-selective interfaces and induced charge electroosmosis in polarized cylinders. The effects of different non-Newtonian rheological properties, which are absent in Newtonian fluids, on the interfacial dynamics, instability and ion transport are examined. The results reveal that the non-Newtonian rheology significantly modulates the statistical data and interfacial phenomena. Generalized power-law fluids alter velocity and interfacial charge profiles, with shear thinning enhancing ion transport to lower overlimiting current thresholds and shear thickening broadening the limiting current region (with hindered ion transport). In Boger-type Oldroyd-B fluids, the addition of polymer decreases the velocity amplitude and increases the interface resistance. At low voltages, polymer viscoelasticity minimally affects the ohmic and limiting regions, but under convection-dominated flow, different rheological parameters, such as the viscosity ratio, Weissenberg number, anisotropic parameter, and electrohydrodynamic coupling constants, enable controllable regulation of ion transport behavior across a wide range. Finally, this paper states that modulated electroosmosis by complex charged polymers is the future cutting edge. The relevant results supplement the non-Newtonian physics of electrokinetic systems and provide guidance for the design and operation of microfluidic devices. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1824732025-02-04T02:54:03Z Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers Chen, Di-Lin Liu, Shu-Yan Luo, Kang Yi, Hong-Liang Yang, Chun School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Engineering Electric double layer Electrokinetics Microfluidic applications involving liquid manipulation, selective membranes, and energy harvesting strongly emphasize the importance of the electrokinetic phenomenon, which is widely used at multiple fluid and electrochemical interfaces. However, critical scientific issues that address multifield coupling and multiscale physics have not been well addressed in non-Newtonian fluids. In this paper, electrical field-fluid flow-ion transport coupling is numerically implemented in two mainstream problems, i.e., induced electroconvection phenomena at ion-selective interfaces and induced charge electroosmosis in polarized cylinders. The effects of different non-Newtonian rheological properties, which are absent in Newtonian fluids, on the interfacial dynamics, instability and ion transport are examined. The results reveal that the non-Newtonian rheology significantly modulates the statistical data and interfacial phenomena. Generalized power-law fluids alter velocity and interfacial charge profiles, with shear thinning enhancing ion transport to lower overlimiting current thresholds and shear thickening broadening the limiting current region (with hindered ion transport). In Boger-type Oldroyd-B fluids, the addition of polymer decreases the velocity amplitude and increases the interface resistance. At low voltages, polymer viscoelasticity minimally affects the ohmic and limiting regions, but under convection-dominated flow, different rheological parameters, such as the viscosity ratio, Weissenberg number, anisotropic parameter, and electrohydrodynamic coupling constants, enable controllable regulation of ion transport behavior across a wide range. Finally, this paper states that modulated electroosmosis by complex charged polymers is the future cutting edge. The relevant results supplement the non-Newtonian physics of electrokinetic systems and provide guidance for the design and operation of microfluidic devices. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52076055) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. FRFCU5710094020 and HIT. DZJJ.2023101). This work is supported by the China Scholarship Council (Grant No. 202306120174). 2025-02-04T02:54:03Z 2025-02-04T02:54:03Z 2024 Journal Article Chen, D., Liu, S., Luo, K., Yi, H. & Yang, C. (2024). Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers. Physica Scripta, 99(12), 125265-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad911f 0031-8949 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182473 10.1088/1402-4896/ad911f 2-s2.0-85209880267 12 99 125265 en Physica Scripta © 2024 IOP Publishing Ltd. All rights, including for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies, are reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Engineering Electric double layer Electrokinetics Chen, Di-Lin Liu, Shu-Yan Luo, Kang Yi, Hong-Liang Yang, Chun Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title | Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title_full | Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title_fullStr | Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title_short | Interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non-Newtonian fluid frontiers |
| title_sort | interface dynamics in electroosmotic flow systems with non newtonian fluid frontiers |
| topic | Engineering Electric double layer Electrokinetics |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182473 |
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