High-throughput micromixers based on acoustic streaming induced by surface acoustic wave

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 619-625

  Luong, Trung Dung ^a   Phan, Vinh Nguyen ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acoustic streaming; Active mixer; Micromixers; Surface acoustic wave

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STREAMING EFFECT; ACTIVE MIXER; APPLIED VOLTAGES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIGH THROUGHPUT; INTER-DIGITATED ELECTRODES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICROMIXERS; MIXER DESIGN; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING TIME; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PARALLEL ELECTRODES; SMALL CHANNELS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; SYRINGE PUMPS;

ACOUSTIC STREAMING; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SURFACE WAVES;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 79955972172     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0694-0     Document Type: Article

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