title: Electroosmotic flow with Joule heating effects.
abstract: Electroosmotic flow with Joule heating effects was examined numerically and experimentally in this work. We used a fluorescence-based thermometry technique to measure the liquid temperature variation caused by Joule heating along a micro capillary. We used a caged-fluorescent dye-based microfluidic visualization technique to measure the electroosmotic velocity profile along the capillary. Sharp temperature drops close to the two ends and a high-temperature plateau in the middle of the capillary were observed. Correspondingly, concave-convex-concave velocity profiles were observed in the inlet-middle-outlet regions of a homogeneous capillary. These velocity perturbations were due to the induced pressure gradients resulting from axial variations of temperature. The measured liquid temperature distribution and the electroosmotic velocity profile along the capillary agree well with the predictions of a theoretical model developed in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G8.
authors.forename: Xiangchun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xuan
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sinton
authors.forename: Dongqing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li