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 …

Passive mixers in microfluidic systems: A review

CY Lee, WT Wang, CC Liu, LM Fu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Why microfluidics? Merits and trends in chemical synthesis

Y Liu, X Jiang - Lab on a Chip, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The intrinsic limitations of conventional batch synthesis have hindered its applications in
both solving classical problems and exploiting new frontiers. Microfluidic technology offers a …

A review of passive micromixers with a comparative analysis

W Raza, S Hossain, KY Kim - Micromachines, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
A wide range of existing passive micromixers are reviewed, and quantitative analyses of ten
typical passive micromixers were performed to compare their mixing indices, pressure …

A high-performance micromixer using three-dimensional Tesla structures for bio-applications

AS Yang, FC Chuang, CK Chen, MH Lee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Micromixers have been commonly utilized in the areas of biotechnical engineering,
analytical chemistry, medical industry, and high-throughput synthesis because biological …

Water–ethanol mixing in T-shaped microdevices

G Orsi, M Roudgar, E Brunazzi, C Galletti… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Numerical simulations were performed to study the mixing dynamics of two miscible liquids
within a T-shaped micromixer, comparing the case where the two inlet fluids are both water …

A multi-vortex micromixer based on the synergy of acoustics and inertia for nanoparticle synthesis

Y Lu, W Tan, S Mu, G Zhu - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Mixing is one of the most important steps in chemical reaction, sample preparation and
emulsification. However, achieving complete mixing of fluids at high throughput is still a …

Numerical investigation of the secondary flow effect of lateral structure of micromixing channel on laminar flow

H Shi, Y Zhao, Z Liu - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Micromixing remains challenge for microfluidic applications. The outward lateral structure on
micromixing channel has been adopted as a mild way to promote micromixing at low …

Mass transfer and mixing performance in jet-to-counterflow micromixer

D Ruan, Y Cheng, J Hou, S Xue, S Yang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
As an important component of the fine organic microreaction system, micromixers can
realize efficient mixing of different fluids within a short distance. In spite of great progress in …

A novel micromixer based on the alternating current-flow field effect transistor

Y Wu, Y Ren, Y Tao, L Hou, Q Hu, H Jiang - Lab on a Chip, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Induced-charge electroosmosis (ICEO) phenomena have been attracting considerable
attention as a means for pum** and mixing in microfluidic systems with the advantage of …