An efficient micromixer based on multidirectional vortices due to baffles and channel curvature

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tsai, Rei Tang ^a   Wu, Chih Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICONES;

CHANNEL CURVATURE; COMMERCIAL CODES; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; CYLINDRICAL WALLS; MICROSCOPE IMAGING; MIXING EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION VORTEX; STRAIGHT CHANNEL;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79953271859     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3552992     Document Type: Article

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