Nonlinear diffusive mixing in microchannels : theory and experiments

• Main Authors: Wu, Zhigang, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Huang, Xiaoyang
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Microelectronics and semiconductor materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100382; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24099
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Effective mixing is an important task in microfluidics for chemical and biochemical applications. Due to the small size and consequently the low Reynolds number, mixing in microchannels relies on diffusive transport. This paper discusses an analytical model of diffusive mixing in microchannels. The...