Improved serpentine laminating micromixer with enhanced local advection

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 513-523

  Park, Jang Min ^a   Kim, Dong Sung ^b   Kang, Tae Gon ^a   Kwon, Tai Hun ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chaotic advection; Lamination; Micromixer

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATING; MIXING; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; COLORED PARTICLE TRACKING METHOD; IMPROVED SERPENTINE LAMINATING MICROMIXER (ISLM); MICROMIXER; SERPENTINE LAMINATING MICROMIXER (SLM);

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 44249125510     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0208-x     Document Type: Article

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