TY - BOOK ID - 145199304 TI - Non-Newtonian Microfluidics AU - Mei, Lanju AU - Qian, Shizhi PY - 2022 PB - Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Technology: general issues KW - History of engineering & technology KW - microfluidics KW - Janus droplet KW - OpenFOAM KW - volume of fluid method KW - adaptive dynamic mesh refinement KW - shear-thinning fluid KW - electroosmosis KW - elastic instability KW - non-Newtonian fluid KW - Oldroyd-B model KW - electroosmotic flow KW - micromixing performance KW - heterogeneous surface potential KW - wall obstacle KW - power-law fluid KW - bvp4c KW - RK4 technique KW - brownian motion KW - porous rotating disk KW - maxwell nanofluid KW - thermally radiative fluid KW - von karman transformation KW - hybrid nanofluid KW - entropy generation KW - induced magnetic field KW - convective boundary conditions KW - thermal radiations KW - stretching disk KW - viscoelastic material KW - group similarity analysis KW - thermal relaxation time KW - parametric investigation KW - variable magnetic field KW - error analysis KW - viscoelastic fluid KW - microfluid KW - direction-dependent KW - viscous dissipation KW - chemical reaction KW - finite element procedure KW - hybrid nanoparticles KW - heat and mass transfer rates KW - joule heating KW - tri-hybrid nanoparticles KW - Soret and Dufour effect KW - boundary layer analysis KW - finite element scheme KW - heat generation KW - constructive and destructive chemical reaction KW - particle separation KW - viscoelastic flow KW - inertial focusing KW - spiral channel KW - transient two-layer flow KW - power-law nanofluid KW - heat transfer KW - Laplace transform KW - nanoparticle volume fraction KW - effective thermal conductivity KW - fractal scaling KW - Monte Carlo KW - porous media KW - power-law model KW - bioheat equation KW - human body KW - droplet deformation KW - viscoelasticity KW - wettable surface KW - dielectric field KW - droplet migration KW - wettability gradient KW - microfluidics KW - Janus droplet KW - OpenFOAM KW - volume of fluid method KW - adaptive dynamic mesh refinement KW - shear-thinning fluid KW - electroosmosis KW - elastic instability KW - non-Newtonian fluid KW - Oldroyd-B model KW - electroosmotic flow KW - micromixing performance KW - heterogeneous surface potential KW - wall obstacle KW - power-law fluid KW - bvp4c KW - RK4 technique KW - brownian motion KW - porous rotating disk KW - maxwell nanofluid KW - thermally radiative fluid KW - von karman transformation KW - hybrid nanofluid KW - entropy generation KW - induced magnetic field KW - convective boundary conditions KW - thermal radiations KW - stretching disk KW - viscoelastic material KW - group similarity analysis KW - thermal relaxation time KW - parametric investigation KW - variable magnetic field KW - error analysis KW - viscoelastic fluid KW - microfluid KW - direction-dependent KW - viscous dissipation KW - chemical reaction KW - finite element procedure KW - hybrid nanoparticles KW - heat and mass transfer rates KW - joule heating KW - tri-hybrid nanoparticles KW - Soret and Dufour effect KW - boundary layer analysis KW - finite element scheme KW - heat generation KW - constructive and destructive chemical reaction KW - particle separation KW - viscoelastic flow KW - inertial focusing KW - spiral channel KW - transient two-layer flow KW - power-law nanofluid KW - heat transfer KW - Laplace transform KW - nanoparticle volume fraction KW - effective thermal conductivity KW - fractal scaling KW - Monte Carlo KW - porous media KW - power-law model KW - bioheat equation KW - human body KW - droplet deformation KW - viscoelasticity KW - wettable surface KW - dielectric field KW - droplet migration KW - wettability gradient UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145199304 AB - Microfluidics has seen a remarkable growth over recent decades, with its extensive applications in engineering, medicine, biology, chemistry, etc. Many of these real applications of microfluidics involve the handling of complex fluids, such as whole blood, protein solutions, and polymeric solutions, which exhibit non-Newtonian characteristics—specifically viscoelasticity. The elasticity of the non-Newtonian fluids induces intriguing phenomena, such as elastic instability and turbulence, even at extremely low Reynolds numbers. This is the consequence of the nonlinear nature of the rheological constitutive equations. The nonlinear characteristic of non-Newtonian fluids can dramatically change the flow dynamics, and is useful to enhance mixing at the microscale. Electrokinetics in the context of non-Newtonian fluids are also of significant importance, with their potential applications in micromixing enhancement and bio-particles manipulation and separation. In this Special Issue, we welcomed research papers, and review articles related to the applications, fundamentals, design, and the underlying mechanisms of non-Newtonian microfluidics, including discussions, analytical papers, and numerical and/or experimental analyses. ER -