Issue 18, 2017

Two-dimensional flow of driven particles: a microfluidic pathway to the non-equilibrium frontier

Abstract

We discuss the basic physics of the flow of micron-scale droplets in 2D geometry. Our focus is on the use of droplet ensembles to look into fundamental questions of non-equilibrium systems, such as the emergence of dynamic patterns and irreversibility. We review recent research in these directions, which demonstrate that 2D microfluidics is uniquely set to study complex out-of-equilibrium phenomena thanks to the simplicity of the underlying Stokes flow and the accessibility of lab-on-chip technology.

Graphical abstract: Two-dimensional flow of driven particles: a microfluidic pathway to the non-equilibrium frontier

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
24 5 2017
First published
04 9 2017

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017,46, 5620-5646

Two-dimensional flow of driven particles: a microfluidic pathway to the non-equilibrium frontier

T. Beatus, I. Shani, R. H. Bar-Ziv and T. Tlusty, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017, 46, 5620 DOI: 10.1039/C7CS00374A

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