A novel in-plane passive microfluidic mixer with modified Tesla structures

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Hong, Chien Chong ^a   Choi, Jin Woo ^a   Ahn, Chong H ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; FLOW RATE; LIQUID; MIXER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SIMULATION;

EID: 1942469919     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b305892a     Document Type: Review

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