Use of bacterial carpets to enhance mixing in microfluidic systems

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-324

  Kim, Min Jun ^a,b   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion bacterial carpet; Glucose; Microfluidics; Mixing; Serratia marcescens; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION BACTERIAL CARPETS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GLUCOSE; METABOLISM; MIXING; OXYGEN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 34248176880     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2427083     Document Type: Article

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