Design of passive mixers utilizing microfluidic self-circulation in the mixing chamber

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Chung, Yung Chiang ^a   Hsu, Yuh Lih ^b   Jen, Chun Ping ^c   Lu, Ming Chang ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIXER; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1642421797     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b310848c     Document Type: Article

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