Microfluidic mixers: from microfabricated to self-assembling devices

Microfluidic mixers: from microfabricated to self-assembling devices

This paper begins with a survey of both passive and active microfluidic mixers that have been implemented in recent years. It then describes a micromixing device based on dynamic self-assembly. This device is easy to fabricate and has excellent working characteristics in the continuous-flow mode. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences physical, and engineering sciences, 2004-05, Vol.362 (1818), p.1069-1086
Hauptverfasser: Campbell, Christopher J., Grzybowski, Bartosz A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Advection
Complex Mixtures - chemistry
Electrodes
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Flow velocity
Inlets
Liquids
Magnetic fields
Magnetics - instrumentation
Magnets
Microchemistry - instrumentation
Microchemistry - methods
Microfluidics
Microfluidics - instrumentation
Microfluidics - methods
Micromixers
Mixing
Motion
Nanotechnology - instrumentation
Nanotechnology - methods
Rotation
Self assembly
Solutions
Turbulence
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Zusammenfassung:This paper begins with a survey of both passive and active microfluidic mixers that have been implemented in recent years. It then describes a micromixing device based on dynamic self-assembly. This device is easy to fabricate and has excellent working characteristics in the continuous-flow mode. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of possible applications of self-assembly in microfluidics.
ISSN:1364-503X
1471-2962
DOI:10.1098/rsta.2003.1363