Abstract:Colloidal clogging is typically studied in pores with constrictions arranged in parallel or series. In these systems, clogging statistics are governed by Poisson processes; the time interval between clogging events exhibits an exponential distribution. However, an entirely different phenomenon is observed in a gently tapered pore geometry. Unlike in non-tapered constrictions, rigid particles clogging tapered microchannels form discrete and discontinuous clogs. In a parallelized system of tapered microchannels,… Show more
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