Open Microfluidics home page

Animations home page

Figure 3-13

This browser does not support the necessary features to display this graphic. Downloading 0% completee

Liquid in a convex-sided channel.

The contact angle on all surfaces is 42 degrees, so Concus-Finn filaments could form, but the bulk flow in the channel is fast enough the filaments don't get out front by much. The liquid rises in the channel to the point where a horizontal surface meets the walls at the prescribed contact angle.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]