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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Lab Chip. 2015 Jan 7;15(1):339–350. doi: 10.1039/c4lc01126k

Table 1. Channel dimensions and flow properties.

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Channels 1 2 4 8 16
Min. Width (mm) 2 1 0.5 0.25 0.125
Constrictions 2 4 7 14 27
Remaxa,b 160 80 40 20 10
vmax (μm/s)a,b 4300 4600 5200 5300 5700
5W,max
(dyne/cm2)a 		0.4 0.9 2 4 9
5H (dyne/cm2)a 2.9 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8
ΔPChannel (Pa)a 50 40 45 60 160
ΔPStage (Pa)a,c 50 20 12 8 10
a

All flow properties are given for Q = 1 mL/min

b

vavg = 2800 μm/s

c

ΔPTotal = 100 Pa