A state-of-the-art review of mixing in microfluidic mixers

EA Mansur, YE Mingxing, W Yundong… - Chinese Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Microreaction technology is one of the most innovative and rapid developing fields in
chemical engineering, synthesis and process technology. Many expectations toward …

Single-phase fluid flow and mixing in microchannels

V Kumar, M Paraschivoiu, KDP Nigam - Chemical Engineering Science, 2011 - Elsevier
In the last decade there has been an exponential increase in microfluidic applications due to
high surface-to-volume ratios and compactness of microscale devices, which makes them …

A review of passive and active mixing systems in microfluidic devices

J Green, A Holdø, A Khan - The International Journal of …, 2007 - themultiphysicsjournal.com
A review of mixing elements and devices for microscale fluidic devices is presented. The
application, principles and characterisation of these devices is discussed, and the …

A rapid three-dimensional vortex micromixer utilizing self-rotation effects under low Reynolds number conditions

CH Lin, CH Tsai, LM Fu - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper proposes a novel three-dimensional (3D) vortex micromixer for micro-total-
analysis-systems (μTAS) applications which utilizes self-rotation effects to mix fluids in a …

Geometrical optimization of helical flow in grooved micromixers

NS Lynn, DS Dandy - Lab on a Chip, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to the enhancement of surface effects at the micro-scale, patterned grooves on a
micro-channel floor remain a powerful method to induce helical flows within a pressure …

Interface study of the fluids in passive micromixers by altering the geometry of inlets

S Rahbarshahlan, A Ghaffarzadeh Bakhshayesh… - Microsystem …, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigated the improvement in the mixing process of a T-shape micromixer
owing to the significance of the mixing process in the microfluidics system. The geometry of …

Effect of micro-channel geometry on fluid flow and mixing

S Naher, D Orpen, D Brabazon, CR Poulsen… - … Modelling Practice and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Understanding the flow fields at the micro-scale is key to developing methods of successfully
mixing fluids for micro-scale applications. This paper investigates flow characteristics and …

A novel microfluidic mixer utilizing electrokinetic driving forces under low switching frequency

LM Fu, RJ Yang, CH Lin, YS Chien - Electrophoresis, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a novel technique in which low‐frequency periodic electrokinetic driving
forces are utilized to mix electrolytic fluid samples rapidly and efficiently in a double‐T‐form …

A microfluidic chaotic mixer using ferrofluid

DW Oh, JS Jin, JH Choi, HY Kim… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel micromixer which utilizes chaotic mixing induced by ferrofluid actuation is
developed. The micromixer is fabricated by a polydimethylsiloxane micromolding technique …

Liquid antisolvent preparation of amorphous cefuroxime axetil nanoparticles in a tube-in-tube microchannel reactor

WZ Zhu, JX Wang, L Shao, H Zhang, Q Zhang… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This article presents the preparation of nanoparticles of amorphous cefuroxime axetil (CFA)
in a microporous tube-in-tube microchannel reactor (MTMCR). The experimental results …