Electrokinetically driven flow mixing utilizing chaotic electric fields

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 785-793

  Chen, Cha'o Kuang ^a   Cho, Ching Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrokinetic driving; Electroosmotic flow; Microchannel; Micromixer; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING;

CHAOS SYSTEMS; CHAOTIC; COMPLEX FLOWS; DRIVING FORCES; EFFICIENT; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC DRIVING; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW; FLUID FLOWS; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MICROMIXER; MIXING CHAMBERS; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; MIXING PERFORMANCES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 54549087779     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0286-4     Document Type: Article

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