Analysis of passive microfluidic mixers incorporating 2D and 3D baffle geometries fabricated using an excimer laser

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 941-951

  Conlisk, Kevin ^a   O'Connor, Gerard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Intelligent pinhole mask; Microfluidic mixer; PMMA

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; 3D STRUCTURE; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; DESIGN STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; INFLECTION POINTS; LASER SIMULATION; MICROFLUIDIC MIXERS; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING ELEMENTS; PATH LENGTH; PINHOLE MASKS; PMMA; PRIMARY MECHANISM; T-MIXER; TRANSVERSE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXCIMER LASERS; FABRICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GEOMETRY; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MIXING;

EID: 84860883965     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0928-9     Document Type: Article

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