MicroPIV on carbonic materials embedded in a microfluidic device

Abstract

In this work we investigated the influence of the carbonic materials Single Layer Graphene, Nanocrystalline Graphite and Graphene Nano Walls on the flow field in a microchannel using the experimental technique micro-Particle Image Velocimetry. The velocity and vorticity distributions show that the presence in the microchannel of the carbonic materials have an important influence and above 300 mbar inlet pressure the average velocity decreases in the NCG and GNW cases compared with SLG.