Efficient mixing at low Reynolds numbers using polymer additives

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6831, 2001, Pages 905-907

  Groisman, Alexander ^a   Steinberg, Victor ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; MIXING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

VELOCITY SPECTRA;

FLUID MECHANICS;

POLYMER;

ADDITIVE; FLOW ANALYSIS; MIXING; POLYMER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION FUNCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0035912190     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35073524     Document Type: Article

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