Imaging and quantifying mixing in a model droplet micromixer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Stone, Z B ^a   Stone, H A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW;

FLOW CYCLES; MICROFLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; REACTION NETWORKS; SERPENTINE CHANNELS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

MIXER;

EID: 21244453525     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1929547     Document Type: Article

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