Passive micromixers for applications in the microreactor and μTAS fields

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-118

  Hardt, S ^a   Drese, K S ^b   Hessel, V ^b   Schonfeld F ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Micromixers

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMIXERS; PASSIVE MICROMIXING;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 20444410002     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-004-0029-0     Document Type: Review

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