Microfluidic Horizons 2026

Session

Friday 22/05, 9 - 13; Room 35

F1-B

May 22, 2026, 9:00 AM

102. Viscoelastic diode bridge for simple and sensitive rheological analysis of small volumes

5/22/26, 10:00 AM

Flow, wetting, and transport phenomena

Oral

Viscoelastic fluids exhibit a broad range of behaviors that can be traced back to the coupling between viscous and elastic stresses that is not found in Newtonian fluids, such as pure water[1]. Viscoelasticity is the consequence of adding a small amount of large polymers to water. The result is turbulence-like fluctuations at small Reynolds numbers (Re<1) which in turn leads to changes in...

59. Active Rosensweig Patterns

Carlo Rigoni (Institute of Science and Technology of Austria)

5/22/26, 10:20 AM

Flow, wetting, and transport phenomena

Oral

Ferrofluids, colloidal dispersions of magnetic nanoparticles, are renowned for pattern formation like few other materials. The Rosensweig instability of a horizontal ferrofluid-air interface in perpendicular magnetic field is especially well known: this instability sets the air-ferrofluid interface into an array of spikes that correspond to a new free energy minimum of the system. However,...

143. Controlled Formation of Poly(lactic acid) Stereocomplex via Microfluidic Processing

Dr Lorenzo Lombardi (DICMAPI, University of Naples "Federico II")

5/22/26, 10:40 AM

Flow, wetting, and transport phenomena

Oral

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a widely used bio-based polymer due to its renewable origin, biodegradability, and versatility across packaging, biomedical, and additive manufacturing applications. Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is an extremely attractive material due to its unique crystallization versatility: it can crystallize not only in the homopolymeric form from poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) or...

230. Directional fluidity induced by asymmetric wall roughness

5/22/26, 11:40 AM

Flow, wetting, and transport phenomena

Oral

The yielding transition of soft glassy materials plays a crucial role in the flow and processing of complex fluids, including dense emulsions encountered in microfluidics and industrial applications. In this work, we investigate how asymmetric surface microroughness influences the flow of yield-stress emulsions through microchannels, with a focus on geometry-driven control of droplet and...

191. Deciphering equatorial magnetoaerotaxis of magnetotactic bacteria using microfluidics

5/22/26, 12:00 PM

Cells, microbes, and extracellular vesicles manipulation

Oral

Magnetotactic bacteria navigate redox gradients through magnetoaerotaxis—passive magnetic alignment coupled with active aerotactic swimming toward optimal oxygen levels. The consensus model, based on run-reverse motility in model species like AMB-1/MSR-1, assumes bacteria reduce 3D search to 1D by swimming along magnetic field lines. However, this framework (i) does not account for the diverse...