Active and passive micromixers: A comprehensive review

M Bayareh, MN Ashani, A Usefian - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review (with 205 refs.) addresses the need for microdevices, presents the basic
microfluidic equations and describes the relevant numerical and experimental approaches …

A review on micromixers

G Cai, L Xue, H Zhang, J Lin - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices have attracted increasing attention in the fields of biomedical
diagnostics, food safety control, environmental protection, and animal epidemic prevention …

Dean flow dynamics in low-aspect ratio spiral microchannels

N Nivedita, P Ligrani, I Papautsky - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
A wide range of microfluidic cell-sorting devices has emerged in recent years, based on both
passive and active methods of separation. Curvilinear channel geometries are often used in …

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 …

Microfluidics for cryopreservation

G Zhao, J Fu - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation has utility in clinical and scientific research but implementation is highly
complex and includes labor-intensive cell-specific protocols for the addition/removal of …

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 …

Thorough computational analysis of the staggered herringbone micromixer reveals transport mechanisms and enables mixing efficiency-based improved design

AG Hadjigeorgiou, AG Boudouvis, G Kokkoris - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The problem of mixing of solutions of biomolecules in the famous staggered herringbone
micromixer (SHM) is revisited through a computational study with the focus on two …

Mixing enhancement in serpentine micromixers with a non-rectangular cross-section

J Clark, M Kaufman, PS Fodor - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this numerical study, a new type of serpentine micromixer involving mixing units with a
non-rectangular cross-section is investigated. Similar to other serpentine/spiral shaped …

A Novel Strategy for Square-Wave Micromixers: A Survey of RBC Lysis for Further Biological Analysis

AH Hazeri, A Abouei Mehrizi, SS Mohseni… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Most biorelated applications require homogeneous mixing, necessitating innovative
approaches to design high-efficiency micromixers. In this study, for the first time, we have …

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 …