An effective two-dimensional micromixer named rectangle-square wave micromixer with very simple structure has been presented. The rectangle-square wave micromixer based on split and recombination principle was simulated to analyze the fluid flow and the mixing efficiency. The flow rate, sample concentration, pressure drop at different position in the micromixer was researched. The simulation re...

T This paper reports the mixing performance of an AC electroosmotic micromixer based on the three-dimensional extensional flow generated by a face-to-face, asymmetric pair of planar electrodes. This work represents the first successful use of such an asymmetric electrode pair in an AC electroosmotic micromixer. Due to the highly 3dimentional flow pattern generated by the face-to-face electrode ...

A micromixer with unbalanced three-split rhombic sub-channels was proposed, and analyses of the mixing and flow characteristics of this micromixer were performed in this work. Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in combination with an advection-diffusion model with two working fluids (water and ethanol) were solved for the analysis. The mixing index and pressure drop were evaluated and co...

When working with cells, the first step is often to lyse them in order to get the cellular content before analysis. Some bacteria, especially gram-positive, may be difficult to lyse with conventional lysis buffer. If the cells are not properly lysed, the quality of the analysis results might suffer. In this paper, a planar micromixer design based on a splitting and recombination (SAR) concept w...

This paper reports a microchip with an integrated passive micromixer based on chaotic advection. The micromixer with staggered herringbone structures was used for luminol-peroxide chemiluminescence detection. The micromixer was examined to assess its suitability for chemiluminescence reaction. The relationship between the flow rate and the location of maximum chemiluminescence intensity was inv...

In this study, an integrated micro-nanofluidic system for protein analysis was presented. The device is comprised of a micromixer and a preconcentrator with a separation column. The Integrated micromixer based on unbalanced split and cross collision of fluid streams is passive and planar, which is easy to fabricate and integrate to the microfluidic system. The preconcentrator has nanochannels f...

A novel parallel laminar micromixer with a two-dimensional staggered Dean Vortex micromixer is optimized and fabricated in our study. Dean vortices induced by centrifugal forces in curved rectangular channels cause fluids to produce secondary flows. The split-and-recombination (SAR) structures of the flow channels and the impinging effects result in the reduction of the diffusion distance of tw...

We demonstrate an improved femtosecond laser irradiation followed by chemical etching process to create complex three-dimensional (3D) microchannels with arbitrary length and uniform diameter inside fused silica. A segmented chemical etching method of introducing extra access ports and a secondary power compensation is presented, which enables the fabrication of uniform 3D helical microchannels...

This paper demonstrates a small compact 5.7 GHz upconversion Gilbert micromixer using 0.35 m SiGe HBT technology. A micromixer has a broadband matched single-ended input port. A passive LC current combiner is used to convert micromixer differential output into a singleended output and doubles the output current for singleended-input and single-ended-output applications. Thus, a truly balanced o...