An optimised split-and-recombine micro-mixer with uniform 'chaotic' mixing

Lab on a Chip

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Schonfeld F ^a   Hessel, V ^a   Hofmann, C ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FLUID FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUID; MIXER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 4043057432     PISSN: 14730197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b310802c     Document Type: Article

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