The effect of contact angles and capillary dimensions on the burst frequency of super hydrophilic and hydrophilic centrifugal microfluidic platforms, a CFD study

• Main Authors: Kazemzadeh, A., Ganesan, P., Ibrahim, Fatimah, He, S., Madou, M.J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2013
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9284/1/The_Effect_of_Contact_Angles_and_Capillary_Dimensions_on_the_Burst_Frequency_of_Super_Hydrophilic_and_Hydrophilic_Centrifugal_Microfluidic_Platforms%2C_a_CFD_Study.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9284/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073002

This paper employs the volume of fluid (VOF) method to numerically investigate the effect of the width, height, and contact angles on burst frequencies of super hydrophilic and hydrophilic capillary valves in centrifugal microfluidic systems. Existing experimental results in the literature have been...