A review on micromixers

G Cai, L Xue, H Zhang, J Lin - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Microfluidic devices have attracted increasing attention in the fields of biomedical
diagnostics, food safety control, environmental protection, and animal epidemic prevention …

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 …

Using microfluidics for scalable manufacturing of nanomedicines from bench to GMP: A case study using protein-loaded liposomes

C Webb, N Forbes, CB Roces, G Anderluzzi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomedicines are well recognised for their ability to improve therapeutic outcomes. Yet,
due to their complexity, nanomedicines are challenging and costly to produce using …

Effective mixing in a short serpentine split-and-recombination micromixer

W Raza, S Hossain, KY Kim - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018 - Elsevier
A micromixer with a three-dimensional serpentine split-and-recombination structure is
proposed to provide a high mixing index in a short length, even at low Reynolds numbers …

Vortex‐assisted electroosmotic mixing of Carreau fluid in a microchannel

SK Mehta, PK Mondal - Electrophoresis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pertaining to the mixing of the non‐Newtonian Carreau fluid under electrokinetic actuation
inside a plane microchannel, we propose a new design of micromixer that involves inserting …

Numerical analysis of mixing behaviors of two types of E-shape micromixers

X Chen, J Shen - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerical analysis has been performed to investigate the mixing performance and pressure
drop of two three-dimensional micromixers, namely, stacking E-shape micromixer (SESM) …

Machine learning-augmented fluid dynamics simulations for micromixer educational module

MT Birtek, MM Alseed, MR Sarabi, A Ahmadpour… - …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Micromixers play an imperative role in chemical and biomedical systems. Designing
compact micromixers for laminar flows owning a low Reynolds number is more challenging …

Evaluation of the mixing performance in a planar passive micromixer with circular and square mixing chambers

RR Gidde, PM Pawar, BP Ronge, ND Misal… - Microsystem …, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, passive planar micromixers based on circular and square mixing chambers
spaced at equidistant along the length of micromixer are proposed to operate in the laminar …

An investigation of chaotic mixing behavior in a planar microfluidic mixer

S Yuan, M Zhou, T Peng, Q Li, F Jiang - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Achieving rapid mixing of different liquids in a short distance is important in various
biochemical applications. Herein, a novel planar mixer with staggered Z-shaped baffles is …

Numerical and experimental investigation of mixing enhancement in the passive planar mixer with bent baffles

S Yuan, B Jiang, F Jiang, D Drummer… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As an important pre-treatment part of the micro-total analysis system, the micromixer that
ensures the uniform mixing of samples and reagents in a short distance is essential for the …