An overlapping crisscross micromixer using chaotic mixing principles

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2684-2691

  Wang, Lilin ^a   Yang, Jing Tang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

CHAOTIC MIXING PRINCIPLES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; HYPERBOLIC POINTS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 33846071519     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/12/022     Document Type: Article

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