Competition between Induced-Charge Electro-Osmosis and Electro-Thermal Effects around a Weakly-Polarizable Microchannel Corner

The microchannel corner is a common inherent component of most planar microfluidic systems and thus its influence on the channel flow is of significant interest. Application of an alternating current electric field enables quantification of the non-linear induced-charge electro-osmosis (ICEO) ejection flow effect by isolating it from linear electro-osmotic background flow which is present under dc forcing. The hydrodynamic flow in the vicinity of a sharp channel corner is analyzed using experimental micro-particle-image-velocimetry (PIV) and numerical simulations for different buffer concentrations, frequencies and applied voltages. Divergence from the purely ICEO flow with increasing buffer conductivity is shown to be a result of increasing electro-thermal effects due to Joule heating.

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