Passive mixing in a three-dimensional serpentine microchannel

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 190-197

  Liu, Robin H ^a   Stremler, Mark A ^a   Sharp, Kendra V ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^a   Santiago, Juan G ^b   Adrian, Ronald J ^a   Aref, Hassan ^a   Beebe, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; ETCHING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MIXING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICON WAFERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; FLUID MIXING; MICROFLUIDICS; SERPENTINE MICROCHANNEL;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0033684370     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/84.846699     Document Type: Article

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