Three-dimensional multihelical microfluidic mixers for rapid mixing of liquids

Langmuir

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2248-2251

  Verma, Mohan K S ^a   Ganneboyina, Sambasiva Rao ^a   Vinayak Rakshith, R ^a,b   Ghatak, Animangsu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KARNATAKA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AXIAL FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; TURBULENCE;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; MICROFLUIDIC MIXERS; MICROMIXERS; RAPID MIXING;

MICROFLUIDICS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 41849109136     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la702895w     Document Type: Article

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