Enhancement of mixing performance of water solutions in a micro-mixer with immiscible ferrofluid

4th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, NEMS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 69-74

  Tsai, Tsung Han ^a   Liou, Dar Sun ^a   Chen, Ping Hei ^a   Yang, Chin Ting ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mixing efficiency; Nano magnetic fluid; Semiactive micromixer; Squeeze

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DROPLETS FLOW; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCES; FERROFLUID; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NANO-FLUID; NANO-MAGNETIC FLUID; SEMI-ACTIVE; SEMIACTIVE MICROMIXER; SQUEEZE; WATER SOLUTIONS;

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NANOFLUIDICS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

SOLUTIONS;

EID: 70349695922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEMS.2009.5068529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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