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Measurement of a Structured Backflow in an Open Small Channel Induced by Surface-Tension Gradients

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We present experiments in which the laterally confined flow of a surfactant film driven by controlled surface tension gradients causes the subtended liquid layer to self-organize into an inner upstream microduct surrounded by the downstream flow. The anomalous interfacial flow profiles and the concomitant backflow are a result of the feedback between two-dimensional and three-dimensional microfluidics realized during flow in open microchannels. Bulk and surface particle image velocimetry data combined with an interfacial hydrodynamics model explain the dependence of the observed phenomena on channel geometry.

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PULIDO COMPANYS, Alba, CLARET BONET, Josep, IGNÉS I MULLOL, Jordi, SAGUÉS I MESTRE, Francesc. Measurement of a Structured Backflow in an Open Small Channel Induced by Surface-Tension Gradients. _Physical Review Letters_. 2013. Vol. 110, núm. 214506-1-214506-5. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 0031-9007. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/48638]

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