A review of microfluidic-based mixing methods

Z Li, B Zhang, D Dang, X Yang, W Yang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microfluidic-based mixing methods have aroused increasing attention due to their
tremendous potential in bio-related and materials science fields. Achieving mixing based on …

Microfluidic mixing: A physics-oriented review

SM Saravanakumar, PV Cicek - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
This comprehensive review paper focuses on the intricate physics of microfluidics and their
application in micromixing techniques. Various methods for enhancing mixing in …

Optical manipulation with metamaterial structures

Y Shi, Q Song, I Toftul, T Zhu, Y Yu, W Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Optical tweezers employing forces produced by light underpin important manipulation tools
employed in numerous areas of applied and biological physics. Conventional optical …

A novel study on a micromixer with Cantor fractal obstacle through grey relational analysis

H Lv, X Chen, X Wang, X Zeng, Y Ma - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization method for a micromixer with Cantor
fractal baffles through grey relational analysis, and evaluates the comprehensive …

Importance of nanochannels shape on blue energy generation in soft nanochannels

H Dartoomi, M Khatibi, SN Ashrafizadeh - Electrochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy production is one of today's most pressing issues. Finding alternative energy
sources has become one of the hottest research areas for scholars due to the limited use of …

Optimized ANFIS models based on grid partitioning, subtractive clustering, and fuzzy C-means to precise prediction of thermophysical properties of hybrid nanofluids

Z Zhang, M Al-Bahrani, B Ruhani… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Applying machine learning algorithms in the prediction of nanofluids' thermophysical
properties such as density, viscosity, thermal conductivity (TC), and specific heat capacity …

Finding the optimal design of a Cantor fractal-based AC electric micromixer with film heating sheet by a three-objective optimization approach

H Lv, X Chen, X Li, Y Ma, D Zhang - International Communications in Heat …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a three-objective optimization process for an Alternating Current
(AC) electrothermal theory-based micromixer. For the first time, we propose to combine the …

Micromixing within microfluidic devices: Fundamentals, design, and fabrication

S Cai, Y Jin, Y Lin, Y He, P Zhang, Z Ge, W Yang - Biomicrofluidics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
As one of the hot spots in the field of microfluidic chip research, micromixers have been
widely used in chemistry, biology, and medicine due to their small size, fast response time …

Optimizing the design of a serpentine microchannel based on particles focusing and separation: A numerical study with experimental validation

S Ebrahimi, M Alishiri, A Shamloo, E Pishbin… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cell-based diagnosis and the introduction of personalized drugs are key factors, motivating
researchers to discover an efficacious tool for effective cell isolation. Optimal systems were …

Computational fluid dynamics and machine learning as tools for optimization of micromixers geometry

D de Oliveira Maionchi, L Ainstein… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microfluidic devices have become a new trend in different fields and have attracted attention
due to their compact size and capability to deal with a small amount of fluid. Micromixing is …