Deterministic lateral displacement for selective particle trapping

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• Alex Chamolly (University of Cambridge)
• Thursday 24 January 2019, 13:00-14:00
• MR11, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

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Deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) is a technique widely used in microfluidics for size-based separation. DLD devices typically consists of an array of static micro-posts that deflect the motion of oncoming particles using steric repulsion. In this project, we expand the concept of DLD by showing that a system with a rotational and translational motion near a solid boundary can trap and transport passive particles. Trapping is achieved because free-flowing finite-size particles cannot follow flow streamlines as a result of their collision with a solid boundary, and thus have move laterally to into a flow vortex in which they are trapped. The trapping mechanism is explained analytically in two dimensions and investigated numerically for rolling ellipsoids in three dimensions.

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