Design of novel microfluidic concentration gradient generators suitable for linear and exponential concentration ranges

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 193-194, Issue , 2012, Pages 296-303

  Friedrich, Daniel ^a   Please, Colin P ^a   Melvin, Tracy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentration gradient; Laminar flow; Microchannel; Mixing; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGLED SURFACES; CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; GENERATOR DESIGN; LAB-ON-A-CHIP; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; OPTIMISATIONS; SCREENING APPLICATION; SINGLE CHANNELS; SURFACE GROOVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; SECONDARY FLOW;

DESIGN;

EID: 84862525385     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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