A Review of Passive Micromixers with a Comparative Analysis [PDF]
Micromachines, 2020 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 drops, and mixing costs under the same axial length and flow conditions ...
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Editorial for the Special Issue on Passive Micromixers [PDF]
Micromachines, 2018 Micromixers are important components of microfluidic systems [...]
Arshad Afzal +2 more
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Topology Optimization of Passive Micromixers Based on Lagrangian Mapping Method [PDF]
Micromachines, 2018 This paper presents an optimization-based design method of passive micromixers for immiscible fluids, which means that the Peclet number infinitely large.
Yuchen Guo +3 more
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Toward the Next Generation of Passive Micromixers: A Novel 3-D Design Approach [PDF]
Micromachines, 2021 Passive micromixers are miniaturized instruments that are used to mix fluids in microfluidic systems. In microchannels, combination of laminar flows and small diffusion constants of mixing liquids produce a difficult mixing environment. In particular, in
Mahmut Burak Okuducu, Mustafa M. Aral
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation on a “Tai Chi”-Shaped Planar Passive Micromixer [PDF]
Micromachines, 2023 (1) Background: Microfluidic chips have found extensive applications in multiple fields due to their excellent analytical performance. As an important platform for micro-mixing, the performance of micromixers has a significant impact on analysis accuracy
Annan Xia +9 more
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Effect of Multiple Structural Parameters on the Performance of a Micromixer with Baffles, Obstacles, and Gaps [PDF]
Micromachines, 2023 As an essential component of chip laboratories and microfluidic systems, micromixers are widely used in fields such as chemical and biological analysis. In this work, a square cavity micromixer with multiple structural parameters (baffles, obstacles, and
Jiacheng Nai +6 more
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Optimization of passive micromixers: effects of pillar configuration and gaps on mixing efficiency [PDF]
Scientific ReportsChemical bioreactions play a significant role in many of the microfluidic devices, and their applications in biomedical science have seen substantial growth.
Ali Kheirkhah Barzoki
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Xurography as a Rapid Fabrication Alternative for Point-of-Care Devices: Assessment of Passive Micromixers [PDF]
Sensors, 2016 Despite the copious amount of research on the design and operation of micromixers, there are few works regarding manufacture technology aimed at implementation beyond academic environments.
J. Israel Martínez-López +3 more
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Numerical and experimental characterization of a novel modular passive micromixer [PDF]
Biomedical Microdevices, 2012 This paper reports a new low-cost passive microfluidic mixer design, based on a replication of identical mixing units composed of microchannels with variable curvature (clothoid) geometry.
Deriu, Marco Agostino +8 more
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A Review of Pressure Drop and Mixing Characteristics in Passive Mixers Involving Miscible Liquids [PDF]
MicromachinesThe present review focuses on the recent studies carried out in passive micromixers for understanding the hydrodynamics and transport phenomena of miscible liquid–liquid (LL) systems in terms of pressure drop and mixing indices.
Arijit Ganguli +4 more
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