Passive microfluidic device for submillisecond mixing

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 301-309

  Lu, Zonghuan ^a   McMahon, Jay ^b   Mohamed, Hisham ^c   Barnard, David ^c   Shaikh, Tanvir R ^c   Mannella, Carmen A ^c   Wagenknecht, Terence ^c   Lu, Toh Ming ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Global Research Center   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio macromolecular kinetics; CFD simulation; Microfluidics; Micromixer; Submillisecond mixing

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATION; CFD SIMULATIONS; MICRO MIXERS; MICROMIXER; SUBMILLISECOND MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYES; MACROMOLECULES; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NANOPARTICLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MIXING;

EID: 74349102620     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.10.036     Document Type: Article

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