Modular, Discrete Micromixer Elements Fabricated by 3D Printing

3D printing facilitates the straightforward construction of microchannels with complex three-dimensional architectures. Here, we demonstrate 3D-printed modular mixing components that operate on the basis of splitting and recombining fluid streams to decrease interstream diffusion length. These are c...

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Autores principales: Bhargava, Krisna C., Ermagan, Roya, Thompson, Bryant, Friedman, Andrew, Malmstadt, Noah
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6190369/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi8050137
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author Bhargava, Krisna C.
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description 3D printing facilitates the straightforward construction of microchannels with complex three-dimensional architectures. Here, we demonstrate 3D-printed modular mixing components that operate on the basis of splitting and recombining fluid streams to decrease interstream diffusion length. These are compared to helical mixers that operate on the principle of chaotic advection.
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spelling pubmed-61903692018-11-01 Modular, Discrete Micromixer Elements Fabricated by 3D Printing Bhargava, Krisna C. Ermagan, Roya Thompson, Bryant Friedman, Andrew Malmstadt, Noah Micromachines (Basel) Article 3D printing facilitates the straightforward construction of microchannels with complex three-dimensional architectures. Here, we demonstrate 3D-printed modular mixing components that operate on the basis of splitting and recombining fluid streams to decrease interstream diffusion length. These are compared to helical mixers that operate on the principle of chaotic advection. MDPI 2017-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6190369/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi8050137 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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