Biophysical micromixer

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 5379-5389

  Wang, Chin Tsan ^a   Hu, Yuh Chung ^a   Hu, Tzu Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biophysical micromixer; Passive micromixer

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION EFFECTS; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL MIXING; PASSIVE MICROMIXER; SIDEWALL EFFECTS; SPLIT AND RECOMBINATIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; BIOPHYSICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MIXING;

EID: 77952502756     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90705379     Document Type: Article

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