Direct measurement of mixing quality in a pulsatile flow micromixer

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 819-827

  Truesdell, Richard A ^a   Bartsch, J W ^a   Buranda, T ^b   Sklar, L A ^b   Mammoli, A A ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Fluorescence; Laminar flow; Mixing; Quenching

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; PULSATILE FLOW; QUENCHING;

PINCH VALVES; RESIDENCE TIME; STREPTAVIDIN;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 27744607492     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-005-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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