Combined electromagnetohydrodynamic flow in microchannels with consideration of the surface charge-dependent slip

Abstract

Abstract In microscale systems, hydrodynamic slip is considered to significantly influence the fluid flow field. Existing theories of electromagnetohydrodynamic flow in hydrophobic microchannels have postulated a constant slip length and ignored the effect of the surface charge on slip. In this study, we extended prior models by considering a combined pressure-driven and electromagnetohydrodynamic flow in microchannels with consideration of surface charge-dependent slip. An analytical solution for this simple model was derived. After a detailed discussion of the obtained results, we demonstrate that the more realistic surface-charge-dependent case has smaller velocities and flow rates than the surface-charge-independent slip case. Considering the effect of the surface charge on slip, the flow rate can be reduced by up to 7% in the currently selected parameter range. Our results are useful for optimizing electromagnetohydrodynamic flow models in microchannels.