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Simulation of Acoustophoretic Separation of Microplastic Particles in mkFluidic Lab-chip

2020 9 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Oleh Matviykiv, Tamara Klymkovych, Nataliia Bokla, Mykhailo Lobur, Mykhaylo Melnyk, Anna Timofiejczuk

Summary

This simulation study modeled how acoustic standing waves in a microfluidic chip can sort and concentrate microplastic particles by their physical properties. The acoustophoretic approach could be useful for microplastic separation and detection in water quality applications.

In this research we propose a simulation study of the acoustophoretic motion of microplastic particles suspended in a water-filled microchannel. The mechanism of acoustofluidic microparticles sorting was analyzed in dedicated originally designed Lab-chip device. Under the action of acoustic waves, the microparticles are focused at the points of the acoustic pressure nodes and transported further for detection and analysis.

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