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A 3D Printed Jet Mixer for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Micromachines 2020, 11(7), 695; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11070695
Received: 12 June 2020 / Revised: 14 July 2020 / Accepted: 14 July 2020 / Published: 17 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis, Design and Fabrication of Micromixers)
Homogeneous mixing of microscopic volume fluids at low Reynolds number is of great significance for a wide range of chemical, biological, and medical applications. An efficient jet mixer with arrays of micronozzles was designed and fabricated using additive manufacturing (three-dimensional (3D) printing) technology for applications in centrifugal microfluidic platforms. The contact surface of miscible liquids was enhanced significantly by impinging plumes from two opposite arrays of micronozzles to improve mixing performance. The mixing efficiency was evaluated and compared with the commonly used Y-shaped micromixer. Effective mixing in the jet mixer was achieved within a very short timescale (3s). This 3D printed jet mixer has great potential to be implemented in applications by being incorporated into multifarious 3D printing devices in microfluidic platforms. View Full-Text
Keywords: three-dimensional (3D) printing; micronozzles; Y-shaped structure; mixing efficiency; histogram and standard deviation three-dimensional (3D) printing; micronozzles; Y-shaped structure; mixing efficiency; histogram and standard deviation
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Wang, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Qiao, Z.; Wang, W. A 3D Printed Jet Mixer for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms. Micromachines 2020, 11, 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11070695

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Wang Y, Zhang Y, Qiao Z, Wang W. A 3D Printed Jet Mixer for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms. Micromachines. 2020; 11(7):695. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11070695

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Wang, Yunxia, Yong Zhang, Zheng Qiao, and Wanjun Wang. 2020. "A 3D Printed Jet Mixer for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms" Micromachines 11, no. 7: 695. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi11070695

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