Numerical simulation of polymerization in interdigital multilamination micromixers

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 966-973

  Serra, Christophe ^a   Sary, Nicolas ^a   Schlatter, Guy ^a   Hadziioannou, Georges ^a   Hessel, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVICE; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERDIGITAL MULTILAMINATION MICROMIXER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXER; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY INDEX; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 24744468363     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: 14730189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b500440c     Document Type: Article

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