Figure 3
From: Shape-based separation of microalga Euglena gracilis using inertial microfluidics
Lateral (Y-) focusing distributions depend on E. gracilis cell aspect ratio (AR). (a) An illustration of a straight rectangular channel region used for measuring the lateral positions of E. gracilis flowing through the microfluidic channel. (b) Superimposed experimental images showing the lateral inertial focusing equilibrium positions for E. gracilis with different ARs at Re = 77. Scale bar = 20 µm. (c–e) Violin plots of lateral positions for E. gracilis cells with ARs ranging from 1 to 7 for Re = 77, 128 and 205, respectively. (f) Averaged equilibrium positions are plotted as a function of cell AR for three Re. The error bars indicate the standard deviations for at least 100 measurements.
