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 …

A review on the application, simulation, and experiment of the electrokinetic mixers

S Rashidi, H Bafekr, MS Valipour… - Chemical Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrokinetic driven flow can be used as an active technique to improve mixing in various
devices. This technique is employed to mix fluid samples rapidly and efficiently in different …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical assessment of heat transfer and mixing quality of a hybrid nanofluid in a microchannel equipped with a dual mixer

P Barnoon - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the electroosmotic flow and heat transfer of a hybrid
nanofluid within a microchannel equipped with a dual mixer by presenting a new design …

Enhanced mixing quality of ring-type electroosmotic micromixer using baffles

B Gayen, NK Manna, N Biswas - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, an attempt has been taken to enhance the mixing efficiency in a micromixer of
two different concentration fluids using electrokinetic effects such as electroosmotic flow …

Investigation of a two‐step device implementing magnetophoresis and dielectrophoresis for separation of circulating tumor cells from blood cells

A Shamloo, A Yazdani… - Engineering in life …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying tumor cells from a pool of other cells has always been an appealing topic for
different purposes. The objective of this study is to discriminate circulating tumor cells …

Mathematical modeling and computational analysis of centrifugal microfluidic platforms: a review

M Madadelahi, LF Acosta-Soto, S Hosseini… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Centrifugal microfluidic platforms or lab-on-discs (LODs) have evolved into a popular
technology for automating chemical and biological assays. LODs today enable scientists to …

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 …

Mixing process and mass transfer in a novel design of induced-charge electrokinetic micromixer with a conductive mixing-chamber

M Nazari, S Rashidi, JA Esfahani - International Communications in Heat …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new design of induced-charge electrokinetic micromixer is proposed. The micromixer has
a mixing-chamber with conductive surfaces. Circular, square, triangular, and rhomboid …

Droplet-based flows in serpentine microchannels: Chemical reactions and secondary flows

M Madadelahi, A Shamloo - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2017 - Elsevier
Mixing is an essential operation in many microfluidic devices. Droplet-based micromixers
utilize droplets for mixing enhancement. In the present study, a novel three-dimensional …

Numerical simulation of mixing and heat transfer in an integrated centrifugal microfluidic system for nested-PCR amplification and gene detection

A Naghdloo, E Ghazimirsaeed, A Shamloo - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid amplification via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is one of the essential and
powerful methods used in a myriad of bio-assays in clinical laboratories. Application of …