Predicting Performance of Microfluidic-Based Alginate Microfibers with Feature-Supplemented Deep Neural Networks
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2024-12-11
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Clinkinbeard, Nicholus R.
Sehlin, Justin
Bhatti, Meharpal Singh
McNamarra, Marilyn
Montazami, Reza
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Selection of solution concentrations and flow rates for the fabrication of microfibers using a microfluidic device is a largely empirical endeavor of trial-and-error, largely due to the difficulty of modeling such a multiphysics process. Machine learning, including deep neural networks, provides the potential for allowing the determination of flow rates and solution characteristics by using past fabrication data to train and validate a model. Unfortunately, microfluidics suffers from low amounts of data, which can lead to inaccuracies and overtraining. To reduce the errors inherent with developing predictive and design models using a deep neural network, two approaches are investigated: dataset expansion using the statistical properties of available samples and model enhancement through introduction of physics-related parameters, specifically dimensionless numbers such as the Reynolds, capillary, Weber, and Peclet numbers. Results show that introduction of these parameters provides enhanced predictive capability leading to increased accuracy, while no such improvements are yet observed for design parameter selection.
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This is a preprint from Clinkinbeard, Nicholus R., Justin Sehlin, Meharpal Singh Bhatti, Marilyn McNamarra, Reza Montazami, and Nicole N. Hashemi. "Predicting Performance of Microfluidic-Based Alginate Microfibers with Feature-Supplemented Deep Neural Networks." arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.08822 (2024). doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.08822.
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