Active mixing in diverging microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-495

  Sun, Chen Li ^a   Sie, Jing Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active mixing; Diverging microchannels; Jeffery Hamel flow; Pulsatile pressure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MIXING; ANTIPHASE; CONCENTRATION FIELDS; DEGREE OF MIXING; DIVERGING MICROCHANNELS; DIVERGING SECTION; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW INSTABILITIES; FLUID FLOW; FLUID LAMELLA; FLUORESCENCE BAND; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; IN-PHASE; JEFFERY-HAMEL FLOW; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PHASE DIFFERENCE;

FLUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 77954762825     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0478-6     Document Type: Article

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