Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a life-threatening and debilitating condition where blood clots form within the deep veins (e.g. the femoral vein in the leg). These clots can become unstable and cause fatal conditions such as pulmonary embolism (PE). DVT … Continue Reading ››
In the presence of a temperature gradient, any dispersed solute will experience a thermophoretic force, which will drive it to regions of high or low temperature, depending on its thermophoretic behavior.
Microfluidic devices, incorporating microchannels with cross-sectional dimensions of a few tens … Continue Reading ››
The transport of complex fluids and multiphase flows such as colloidal suspensions, polymers or emulsions is a common feature of natural as well as industrial processes at all length scales. By exploiting laminar flow conditions typical of microfluidics, it … Continue Reading ››
Aqueous foams are complex fluids that generally behave as non-Newtonian (Höhler and Cohen-Addad, 2005); exhibiting both a solid-like and a liquid-like behaviour depending on the degree of deformation. The foam structure is also time-dependent; behaving like a shear-thinning fluid over … Continue Reading ››
An unusual phenomenon occurs to low density material, and in particular air bubbles, entrained in a fluid when flowing through a T-junction. For a range of Reynolds numbers, the flow develops two symmetric vortices. Air … Continue Reading ››
Understanding the behaviour of particles entrained in a fluid flow upon changes in flow direction is crucial in problems where particle inertia is important, such as the erosion process in pipe bends. We present results … Continue Reading ››
The power density output of microbial fuel cells is enhanced by optimizing the continuous flow of nutrient to obtain a constant rate of electricity production, and developing new electrodes material (optimization of surface roughness to increase the effective surface … Continue Reading ››
