An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy

The tendency of particles to aggregate depends on particle-particle and particle-fluid interactions. These interactions can be characterized but it requires accurate 3D measurements of particle distributions. We introduce the application of an off-axis digital holographic microscopy for measuring di...

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Main Authors: Tamrin, K. F., Rahmatullah, B., Samuri, S. M.
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2015
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author Tamrin, K. F.
Rahmatullah, B.
Samuri, S. M.
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description The tendency of particles to aggregate depends on particle-particle and particle-fluid interactions. These interactions can be characterized but it requires accurate 3D measurements of particle distributions. We introduce the application of an off-axis digital holographic microscopy for measuring distributions of dense micrometer (2 μm) particles in a liquid solution. We demonstrate that digital holographic microscopy is capable of recording the instantaneous 3D position of particles in a flow volume. A new reconstruction method that aids identification of particle images was used in this work. About 62% of the expected number of particles within the interrogated flow volume was detected. Based on the 3D position of individual particles, the tendency of particle to aggregate is investigated. Results show that relatively few particles (around 5–10 of a cohort of 1500) were aggregates. This number did not change significantly with time.
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spelling unimas-177682017-09-25T04:02:38Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17768/ An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy Tamrin, K. F. Rahmatullah, B. Samuri, S. M. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The tendency of particles to aggregate depends on particle-particle and particle-fluid interactions. These interactions can be characterized but it requires accurate 3D measurements of particle distributions. We introduce the application of an off-axis digital holographic microscopy for measuring distributions of dense micrometer (2 μm) particles in a liquid solution. We demonstrate that digital holographic microscopy is capable of recording the instantaneous 3D position of particles in a flow volume. A new reconstruction method that aids identification of particle images was used in this work. About 62% of the expected number of particles within the interrogated flow volume was detected. Based on the 3D position of individual particles, the tendency of particle to aggregate is investigated. Results show that relatively few particles (around 5–10 of a cohort of 1500) were aggregates. This number did not change significantly with time. Elsevier Ltd. 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17768/1/An%20experimentalinvestigationofthree-dimensionalparticle%20%28abstract%29.pdf Tamrin, K. F. and Rahmatullah, B. and Samuri, S. M. (2015) An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 68. pp. 93-103. ISSN 0143-8166 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271225824 DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2014.12.011
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Tamrin, K. F.
Rahmatullah, B.
Samuri, S. M.
An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title_full An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title_fullStr An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title_full_unstemmed An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title_short An experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
title_sort experimental investigation of three-dimensional particle aggregation using digital holographic microscopy
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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