A review on mixing in microfluidics

Micromachines

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 82-111

  Suh, Yong Kweon ^a   Kang, Sangmo ^a  

^a Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Mixing; Review

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CONTROL FLUIDS; DRIVING FORCES; ENHANCED MIXING; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; LAB-ON-CHIPS; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; MAGNETIC FORCE; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROTAS; MIXER DESIGN; MIXING INDEX; MIXING PERFORMANCE; POINCARE SECTIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; SMALL-SCALE MIXING; TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM;

ADVECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; REVIEWS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79961130729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi1030082     Document Type: Review

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