A novel microreactor with 3D rotating flow to boost fluid reaction and mixing of viscous fluids

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 629-642

  Fang, Wei Feng ^a   Yang, Jing Tang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chaotic advection; Confocal microscopy; Micromixer; Microreactor; Redox reaction; Split and recombination (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACIDS; C-PHYCOCYANIN; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONTACT INTERFACE; FLUID REACTION; FLUID VISCOSITY; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTRINSIC DIFFUSIVITY; MICRO MIXERS; MICROMIXER; MICROREACTOR; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING LENGTH; MIXING PERFORMANCE; ROTATING FLOW; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; SPLIT AND RECOMBINATION (SAR); VISCOUS FLUIDS;

ADVECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUIDS; KETONES; MARKUP LANGUAGES; MIXER CIRCUITS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; ORGANIC ACIDS; REDOX REACTIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTATION; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SODIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

EID: 67649361333     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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