Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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801837 | Mechanics Research Communications | 2009 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
The development and growth of microfluidics has stimulated interest in the behaviour of complex liquids in micro-scale geometries and provided a rich platform for rheometric investigations of non-Newtonian phenomena at small scales. Microfluidic techniques present the rheologist with new opportunities for material property measurement and this review discusses the use of microfluidic devices to measure bulk rheology in both shear and extensional flows. Capillary, stagnation and contraction flows are presented in this context and developments, limitations and future perspectives are examined.
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Authors
Christopher J. Pipe, Gareth H. McKinley,