Simulation of the generation of solution gradients in microfluidic systems using the lattice boltzmann method

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 13932-13939

  Hu, Yangxu ^a   Zhang, Xianren ^a   Wang, Wenchuan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRY SIZE; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC NETWORKS; REDUCED MODEL; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SOLUTE GRADIENTS; SOLUTE MOLECULES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 83655192558     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201136r     Document Type: Article

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