Defects of structure in one-dimensional trains of drops of alternating composition

International audienceMerging two periodic droplet trains at a T-junction, we investigate the production of one-dimensional (1D) trains of drops of alternating composition. The structure of these trains consists of a succession of well-defined patterns and defects. A discrete model recently introduced to describe the structure of double emulsions made with two-step microfluidic dripping techniques predicts the nature of these patterns and their scheme of arrangement in a train as functions of the rates at which the two droplet trains reach the junction. Millifluidic experiments validate these predictions

Passive breakups of isolated drops and one-dimensional assemblies of drops in microfluidic geometries: experiments and models.

International audienceUsing two different geometries, rectangular obstacles and asymmetric loops, we investigate the breakup dynamics of deformable objects, such as drops and bubbles, confined in microfluidic devices. We thoroughly study two distinct flow configurations that depend on whether object-to-object hydrodynamic interactions are allowed. When such interactions are introduced, we find that the volumes of the daughter objects created after breakup solely depend on the geometrical features of the devices and are not affected by the hydrodynamic and physicochemical variables; these results are in sharp contrast with those obtained for non-interacting objects. For both configurations, we provide simple phenomenological models that capture well the experimental findings and predict the evolution of the volumes of the daughter objects with the controlling dimensionless quantities that are identified. We introduce a mean-field approximation, which permits accounting for the interactions between objects during breakup and we discuss its conditions of validity

Path selection rules for droplet trains in single-lane microfluidic networks.

International audienceWe investigate the transport of periodic trains of droplets through microfluidic networks having one inlet, one outlet, and nodes consisting of T junctions. Variations of the dilution of the trains, i.e., the distance between drops, reveal the existence of various hydrodynamic regimes characterized by the number of preferential paths taken by the drops. As the dilution increases, this number continuously decreases until only one path remains explored. Building on a continuous approach used to treat droplet traffic through a single asymmetric loop, we determine selection rules for the paths taken by the drops and we predict the variations of the fraction of droplets taking these paths with the parameters at play including the dilution. Our results show that as dilution decreases, the paths are selected according to the ascending order of their hydrodynamic resistance in the absence of droplets. The dynamics of these systems controlled by time-delayed feedback is complex: We observe a succession of periodic regimes separated by a wealth of bifurcations as the dilution is varied. In contrast to droplet traffic in single asymmetric loops, the dynamical behavior in networks of loops is sensitive to initial conditions because of extra degrees of freedom

Composição química e avaliação da atividade antimicrobiana do óleo essencial das folhas de Piper malacophyllum (C. Presl.) C. DC.

This work reports the chemical composition as well as the antibacterial, antifungal and antiparasitic activities of the leaf essential oil from Piper malacophyllum. The oil was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-FID, GC-MS and polarimetry. Among the 28 compounds identified, (+)-camphor was the major constituent. The essential oil showed activity against most of the microorganisms tested, especially antifungal action, with a MIC of 500 µg mL-1 against Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Cryptococcus neoformans. This is the first study reporting the composition and biological properties of leaf essential oil from P. malacophyllum

Few elementary operations in digital microfluidics : encapsulation, fragmentation and traffic of droplets

Les écoulements de trains périodiques de gouttes monodisperses confinées dans des microcanaux sont largement utilisés pour diverses applications haut-débits en microfluidique digitale. Pour cela, il est nécessaire de réaliser différentes opérations sur ces gouttes comme les fragmenter, les fusionner ou les trier. Dans ce manuscrit, nous discutons de trois de ces opérations expérimentalement et théoriquement. La première concerne l’encapsulation d’un train de gouttelettes dans des gouttes. Nous étudions la dynamique d’encapsulation et nous présentons une nouvelle méthode d’encapsulation. Par suite, nous investiguons deux modes de fragmentation de gouttes, tous deux influencés par des interactions hydrodynamiques entre gouttes consécutives dans un train. Enfin, nous cherchons à comprendre la sélection du chemin suivi par des gouttes à des bifurcations successives.Flows of periodic trains of monodisperse drops confined in microchannels are widely used for numerous high-throughput applications in digital microfluidics. The development of such applications requires performing and combining various operations on these drops like breakup, fusion or sorting. In this manuscript, we study experimentally and theoretically three of these operations. We first discuss the encapsulation of a train of droplets inside drops, focusing on the encapsulation dynamics. Also, we present a new way to encapsulate drops to produce double emulsions. We then investigate two ways to break drops against micro-obstacles, both being influenced by hydrodynamics interactions between two consecutives drops in a train. Lastly, we report the investigation of the path selection of drops at successive bifurcations

Sujet de thèse en cours : Quelques opérations élémentaires en microfluidique digitale : encapsulation, fragmentation et trafic de gouttes [soutenance le 29.09.2015]

supervisors Pascal Panizza and Laurent Courbin (department of soft matter)sous la direction de Pascal Panizza et de Laurent Courbin dans le département matière moll

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