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 …

Merits and advances of microfluidics in the pharmaceutical field: Design technologies and future prospects

A Maged, R Abdelbaset, AA Mahmoud… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Microfluidics is used to manipulate fluid flow in micro-channels to fabricate drug delivery
vesicles in a uniform tunable size. Thanks to their designs, microfluidic technology provides …

Experimental and numerical analysis of Y-shaped split and recombination micro-mixer with different mixing units

I Shah, SW Kim, K Kim, YH Doh, KH Choi - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Three representative types of Y-shaped split and recombination three-dimensional passive
micromixers are analyzed for mixing efficiency both experimentally and by numerical …

Advanced manufacturing of nanoparticle formulations of drugs and biologics using microfluidics

Y Shen, H Gwak, B Han - Analyst, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous innovative nanoparticle formulations of drugs and biologics, named nano-
formulations, have been developed in the last two decades. However, methods for their …

A novel micromixer based on coastal fractal for manufacturing controllable size liposome

X Chen, J Zhai, X Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The traditional lipid preparation methods are complex, time-consuming, and consume a
large amount of reagents, increasing costs and difficulties. Although microfluidic technology …

[HTML][HTML] Mixer design and flow rate as critical variables in flow chemistry affecting the outcome of a chemical reaction: a review

IV Myachin, LO Kononov - Inventions, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flow chemistry offers several advantages for performing chemical reactions and has
become an important area of research. It may seem that sufficient knowledge has already …

Swirl driven solute mixing in narrow cylindrical channel

D Kumar, HS Gaikwad, P Kaushik, PK Mondal - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the mixing of constituent components transported through a narrow fluidic
cylindrical channel in a swirling flow environment. We solve for the flow field analytically …

Numerical analysis of passive micromixer with novel obstacle design

X Shi, S Huang, L Wang, F Li - Journal of Dispersion Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The micromixing performance in the micromixer is directly related to the selectivity and yield
of the target product in the subsequent chemical reaction. In this paper, six kinds of mixer …

Experimental study on fluid mixing and pressure drop of mini-mixer with flexible vortex generator

W Liao, D **g - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a mini-mixer with flexible vortex generator (mMixer with FVG), which consists of
a cylinder located at the mixing channel centerline and a vertical flexible flag mounted at the …

Mixing intensification in an acoustofluidic micromixer aided with micro-pillars

C Barman, A Bandopadhyay - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we present an acoustofluidic micromixer that employs the combination of
acoustic waves and micro-pillars to achieve enhanced mixing performance. We have shown …