Vortex generation in electroosmotic flow passing through sharp corners

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 719-725

  Chen, Jia Kun ^a   Yang, Ruey Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concentration depletion; Microfluidics; Micromixing; Vortex

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING;

CONCENTRATION DEPLETION; DC ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC-FIELD; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOWS; LATEX PARTICLES; MICRO-MIXER; MICROMIXING; MIXING INDICES; MIXING SECTIONS; SHARP CORNERS; VORTEX; VORTEX GENERATIONS; VORTEX STRUCTURES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 54549087884     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0307-3     Document Type: Article

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