Numerical and Experimental Study of Cross-Sectional Effects on the Mixing Performance of the Spiral Microfluidics
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Spiral Designs and Fabrication Methods
2.2. Numerical Model
2.3. Sample Preparation
2.4. Experimental Results
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Grid Study
3.2. Spiral Micromixers with Various Cross-Sections
3.3. Numerical Validation
3.4. Nominated Designs: A Comparison
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Rouhi, O.; Razavi Bazaz, S.; Niazmand, H.; Mirakhorli, F.; Mas-hafi, S.; A. Amiri, H.; Miansari, M.; Ebrahimi Warkiani, M. Numerical and Experimental Study of Cross-Sectional Effects on the Mixing Performance of the Spiral Microfluidics. Micromachines 2021, 12, 1470. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121470
Rouhi O, Razavi Bazaz S, Niazmand H, Mirakhorli F, Mas-hafi S, A. Amiri H, Miansari M, Ebrahimi Warkiani M. Numerical and Experimental Study of Cross-Sectional Effects on the Mixing Performance of the Spiral Microfluidics. Micromachines. 2021; 12(12):1470. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121470
Chicago/Turabian StyleRouhi, Omid, Sajad Razavi Bazaz, Hamid Niazmand, Fateme Mirakhorli, Sima Mas-hafi, Hoseyn A. Amiri, Morteza Miansari, and Majid Ebrahimi Warkiani. 2021. "Numerical and Experimental Study of Cross-Sectional Effects on the Mixing Performance of the Spiral Microfluidics" Micromachines 12, no. 12: 1470. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12121470