Mixing in microfluidic devices and enhancement methods

K Ward, ZH Fan - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Mixing in microfluidic devices presents a challenge due to laminar flows in microchannels,
which result from low Reynolds numbers determined by the channel's hydraulic diameter …

Advances in microfluidic materials, functions, integration, and applications

PN Nge, CI Rogers, AT Woolley - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics consist of microfabricated structures for liquid handling, with cross sections in
the 1–500 μm range and small volume capacity (femtoliter to nanoliter). Capillary tubes …

Direct femtosecond laser surface nano/microstructuring and its applications

AY Vorobyev, C Guo - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews a new field of direct femtosecond laser surface nano/microstructuring
and its applications. Over the past few years, direct femtosecond laser surface processing …

Microfluidic mixing: a review

CY Lee, CL Chang, YN Wang, LM Fu - International journal of molecular …, 2011 - mdpi.com
The aim of microfluidic mixing is to achieve a thorough and rapid mixing of multiple samples
in microscale devices. In such devices, sample mixing is essentially achieved by enhancing …

Controllable synthesis of functional nanoparticles by microfluidic platforms for biomedical applications–a review

J Ma, SMY Lee, C Yi, CW Li - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles have drawn significant attention in biomedicine due to their unique optical,
thermal, magnetic and electrical properties which are highly related to their size and …

Microfluidics: Fluid physics at the nanoliter scale

TM Squires, SR Quake - Reviews of modern physics, 2005 - APS
Microfabricated integrated circuits revolutionized computation by vastly reducing the space,
labor, and time required for calculations. Microfluidic systems hold similar promise for the …

Engineering flows in small devices: microfluidics toward a lab-on-a-chip

HA Stone, AD Stroock, A Ajdari - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2004 - annualreviews.org
Microfluidic devices for manipulating fluids are widespread and finding uses in many
scientific and industrial contexts. Their design often requires unusual geometries and the …

Micromixers—a review

NT Nguyen, Z Wu - Journal of micromechanics and …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
This review reports the progress on the recent development of micromixers. The review first
presents the different micromixer types and designs. Micromixers in this review are …

Microfluidic devices fabricated in poly (dimethylsiloxane) for biological studies

SK Sia, GM Whitesides - Electrophoresis, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes microfluidic systems in poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) for biological
studies. Properties of PDMS that make it a suitable platform for miniaturized biological …

Flash chemistry: flow chemistry that cannot be done in batch

J Yoshida, Y Takahashi, A Nagaki - Chemical communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Flash chemistry based on high-resolution reaction time control using flow microreactors
enables chemical reactions that cannot be done in batch and serves as a powerful tool for …