An overview on state-of-art of micromixer designs, characteristics and applications

X Wang, Z Liu, B Wang, Y Cai, Q Song - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Micromixers are characterized based on characteristics such as excellent mixing efficiency,
low reagent cost and flexible controllability compared with conventional reactors in terms of …

[HTML][HTML] Application of reactor engineering concepts in continuous flow chemistry: a review

NC Neyt, DL Riley - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The adoption of flow technology for the manufacture of chemical entities, and in particular
pharmaceuticals, has seen rapid growth over the past two decades with the technology now …

Numerical investigation of mixing performance in spiral micromixers based on Dean flows and chaotic advection

E Tripathi, PK Patowari, S Pati - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose three innovative spiral micromixers viz., a simple spiral (SS)
micromixer, SE micromixer designed by modifying the center part of the spiral one with …

Comparative assessment of mixing characteristics and pressure drop in spiral and serpentine micromixers

E Tripathi, PK Patowari, S Pati - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, numerical simulations are carried out to analyze the mixing performance and
pressure drop of water and ethyl alcohol in a spiral micromixer for Reynolds number in the …

Micromixer with fine-tuned mathematical spiral structures

B Yin, W Yue, ASMMF Sohan, T Zhou, C Qian… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Micromixers with the microchannel structure can enable rapid and efficient mixing of multiple
types of fluids on a microfluidic chip. Herein, we report the mixing performance of three …

Numerical and experimental investigation of mixing enhancement in the passive planar mixer with bent baffles

S Yuan, B Jiang, F Jiang, D Drummer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As an important pre-treatment part of the micro-total analysis system, the micromixer that
ensures the uniform mixing of samples and reagents in a short distance is essential for the …

Investigation of a two‐step device implementing magnetophoresis and dielectrophoresis for separation of circulating tumor cells from blood cells

A Shamloo, A Yazdani… - Engineering in life …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying tumor cells from a pool of other cells has always been an appealing topic for
different purposes. The objective of this study is to discriminate circulating tumor cells …

Insights into a T-type micromixer with novel electromagnetic mixing

J Wang, Q Feng, J Yao, K Zhao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel T-type electromagnetic micromixer is proposed by combining the effects of laminar
flow with Lorentz force in the microchannel. Through finite element simulation, the effects of …

Numerical and experimental investigations of spiral and serpentine micromixers over a wide Reynolds number range

D Zhou, L Qin, J Yue, A Yang, Z Jiang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micromixers are important components in microfluidic systems and play a pivotal role in
chemical processes. In this work, numerical simulation and experimental studies were used …

Vortices degradation and periodical variation in spiral micromixers with various spiral structures

X Wang, Z Liu, B Wang, Y Cai, Y Wan - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
With significant centrifugal effects and Dean vortices, the spiral microchannels are being
widely used in microfluidic systems, especially for high-efficiency mixing. However, the …