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 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 …

Numerical and experimental investigation of an efficient convergent–divergent micromixer

A Usefian, M Bayareh - Meccanica, 2020 - Springer
Experimental and numerical investigations on the mixing quality of a novel micromixer are
conducted. A micromixer made by PDMS is fabricated to evaluate the mixing process in …

Experimental and numerical investigation of a novel spiral micromixer with sinusoidal channel walls

D Bahrami, M Bayareh - Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A novel spiral micromixer with sinusoidal channel walls was designed to enhance the
mixing index in the low to intermediate Reynolds number range (1< Re< 100). To analyze …

Entropy generation and forced convection analysis of ethylene glycol/MWCNTs-Fe3O4 non-Newtonian nanofluid in a wavy microchannel with hydrophobic surfaces

M Derikvand, MS Solari, D Toghraie - Journal of the Taiwan institute of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background A three-dimensional simulation has been conducted to study the impact of the
hydrophobicity of surfaces on heat transfer, hydrodynamics, and entropy generation of a non …

An efficient framework for controllable micromixer design through the fusion of data-driven modeling and machine learning insights: Numerical and experimental …

F Hassani, F Sadegh Moghanlou, A Minaei, M Vajdi… - Physics of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Micromixers are inevitable components in microfluidics, micro-electro-mechanical devices,
and numerous bio-chemical assays. By assays, we mean diverse analytical procedures …

Non-Newtonian fluid mixing in spiral micromixers: An extensive numerical analysis

ZG Kharaji, M Bayareh - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-performance micromixers play a crucial role in diverse industrial applications. Utilizing
chaotic advection as a well-established technique improves mixing efficiency due to the …

Vortex‐assisted electroosmotic mixing of Carreau fluid in a microchannel

SK Mehta, PK Mondal - Electrophoresis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pertaining to the mixing of the non‐Newtonian Carreau fluid under electrokinetic actuation
inside a plane microchannel, we propose a new design of micromixer that involves inserting …

Enhanced electroosmotic mixing of non-Newtonian fluids in a heterogeneous surface charged micromixer with obstacles

SK Mehta, B Mondal, S Pati, PK Patowari - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate the mixing and hydrodynamic characteristics computationally for a pure
electroosmotic flow of non-Newtonian fluid through a nonuniformly charged micromixer with …

Numerical and experimental study on mixing performance of a novel electro-osmotic micro-mixer

A Usefian, M Bayareh - Meccanica, 2019 - Springer
This paper presents the numerical and experimental study on mixing enhancement in a
novel electro-osmotic micro-mixer in the presence of AC and DC electric fields. PDMS is …