Micromixing within microfluidic devices

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 304, Issue , 2011, Pages 27-68

  Capretto, Lorenzo ^a   Cheng, Wei ^a   Hill, Martyn ^a   Zhang, Xunli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active micromixers; Microfluidics; Micromixing; Mixing principles; Passive micromixers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS;

MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 80052284364     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_150     Document Type: Article

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