A novel passive micromixer: Lamination in a planar channel system

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-215

  Tofteberg, Terje ^a   Skolimowski, MacIej ^b   Andreassen, Erik ^a   Geschke, Oliver ^b  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Micromilling; Micromixer; Passive mixer; Simulations; Split and recombine mixer

Indexed keywords

MICRO MILLING; MICRO MIXERS; PASSIVE MIXERS; SIMULATIONS; SPLIT-AND-RECOMBINE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTERS; FLUID MECHANICS; LAMINATING; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING); MIXING; ROTATION;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 77649235664     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0456-z     Document Type: Article

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