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A novel mechanism for the transport of microscale particles in viscous fluids is demonstrated. The mechanism exploits the trapping of such particles by rotational streaming cells established in the vicinity of an oscillating cylinder,…
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A significant drawback of Lagrangian (particle-tracking) reactive transport models has been their inability to properly simulate interactions between solid and liquid chemical phases, such as dissolution and precipitation reactions. This…
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