TY - JOUR
T1 - Lattice-Boltzmann Modelling for Inertial Particle Microfluidics Applications — A Tutorial Review
AU - Owen, Ben
AU - Kechagidis, Konstantinos
AU - Razavi Bazaz, Sajad
AU - Enjalbert, Romain
AU - Essmann, Erich
AU - Mallorie, Calum
AU - Mirghaderi, Fatemehsadat
AU - Schaaf, Christian
AU - Thota, Krishnaveni
AU - Vernekar, Rohan
AU - Zhou, Qi
AU - Ebrahimi Warkiani, Majid
AU - Stark, Holger
AU - Krüger, Timm
PY - 2023/7/31
Y1 - 2023/7/31
N2 - Inertial particle microfluidics (IPMF) is an emerging technology for the manipulation and separation of microparticles and biological cells. Since the flow physics of IPMF is complex and experimental studies are often time-consuming or costly, computer simulations can offer complementary insights. In this tutorial review, we provide a guide for researchers who are exploring the potential of the lattice-Boltzmann (LB) method for simulating IPMF ap-plications. We first review the existing literature to establish the state of the art of LB-based IPMF modelling. After summarising the physics of IPMF, we then present related methods used in LB models for IPMF and show sev-eral case studies of LB simulations for a range of IPMF scenarios. Finally, we conclude with an outlook and several proposed research directions.
AB - Inertial particle microfluidics (IPMF) is an emerging technology for the manipulation and separation of microparticles and biological cells. Since the flow physics of IPMF is complex and experimental studies are often time-consuming or costly, computer simulations can offer complementary insights. In this tutorial review, we provide a guide for researchers who are exploring the potential of the lattice-Boltzmann (LB) method for simulating IPMF ap-plications. We first review the existing literature to establish the state of the art of LB-based IPMF modelling. After summarising the physics of IPMF, we then present related methods used in LB models for IPMF and show sev-eral case studies of LB simulations for a range of IPMF scenarios. Finally, we conclude with an outlook and several proposed research directions.
U2 - 10.1101/2023.04.10.536205
DO - 10.1101/2023.04.10.536205
M3 - Review article
SN - 2374-6149
JO - Advances in Physics X
JF - Advances in Physics X
ER -