Recent patents on micromixing technology and micromixers

Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Chen, Chun Hong ^a   Jang, Ling Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Micromixing microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ANALYSIS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SYNTHESIS; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-MIXING; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MICROFLUIDICS SYSTEMS; MICROMIXING & MICROFLUIDIC; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 77951630651     PISSN: 22127976     EISSN: 1874477X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874477X10902030240     Document Type: Article

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