Acoustically induced bubbles in a microfluidic channel for mixing enhancement

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-852

  Wang, S S ^a   Jiao, Z J ^a   Huang, X Y ^a   Yang, C ^a   Nguyen, N T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic cavitation; Microfluidics; Mixing

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CAVITATION; BUBBLE OSCILLATION; FLUID VELOCITIES; FREQUENCY RANGING; GAS BUBBLE; HIGH FREQUENCY; LOCAL FLOW FIELD; LOW FREQUENCY; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC DISC;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAVITATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS;

MIXING;

EID: 67349117684     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0357-6     Document Type: Article

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