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@ARTICLE{Osawa:644989,
author = {Osawa, Kosuke and Krishne Gowda, V. and Rosén, Tomas and
Roth, Stephan V. and Söderberg, L. Daniel and Shiomi,
Junichiro and Lundell, Fredrik},
title = {{R}egulating nanofibril assembly using diverse
flow-focusing channels},
journal = {Flow},
volume = {5},
issn = {2633-4259},
address = {Cambridge},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
reportid = {PUBDB-2026-00516},
pages = {E12},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Properties and functions of materials assembled from
nanofibrils critically depend on alignment. A material with
aligned nanofibrils is typically stiffer compared with a
material with a less anisotropic orientation distribution.
In this work, we investigate nanofibril alignment during
flow focusing, a flow case used for spinning of filaments
from nanofibril dispersions. In particular, we combine
experimental measurements and simulations of the flow and
fibril alignment to demonstrate how a numerical model can be
used to investigate how the flow geometry affects and can be
used to tailor the nanofibril alignment and filament shape.
The confluence angle between sheath flow and core flow, the
aspect ratio of the channel and the contractions in the
sheath and/or core flow channels are varied. Successful
spinning of stiff filaments requires: (i) detachment of the
core flow from the top and bottom channel walls and (ii) a
high and homogeneous fibril alignment. Somewhat expected,
the results show that the confluence angle has a relatively
small effect on alignment compared with contractions.
Contractions in the sheath flow channels are seen to be
beneficial for detachment, and contractions in the core flow
channel are found to be an efficient way to increase and
homogenise the degree of alignment.},
cin = {DOOR ; HAS-User / FS-SMA},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)FS-SMA-20220811},
pnm = {632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and Functional
Materials (POF4-632) / 6G3 - PETRA III (DESY) (POF4-6G3) /
SWEDEN-DESY - SWEDEN-DESY Collaboration
$(2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G3 /
$G:(DE-HGF)2020_Join2-SWEDEN-DESY$},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)P-P03-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1017/flo.2025.8},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/644989},
}