microfluidic

A “Twisted” Microfluidic Mixer with “Turbulent” Fluidic Flow for Wide Range of Flowrate Applications

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Sivashankar Shilpa, et al., "A “Twisted” Microfluidic Mixer with “Turbulent” Fluidic Flow for Wide Range of Flowrate Applications." Biomicrofluidics 10, 2016, 034120. This paper proposes a new “twisted” 3D microfluidic mixer fabricated by a laser writing/microfabrication technique. Effective and efficient mixing using the twisted micromixers can be obtained by combining two general chaotic mixing mechanisms: splitting/recombining and chaotic advection. The lamination of mixer units provides the splitting and recombination mechanism when the quadrant of circles is arranged in a two-layered

A hybrid modular microfluidic device for emulsion generation

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Zhengyuan Zhou, et al., "A hybrid modular microfluidic device for emulsion generation". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 280, 2018, 422. We report a novel modular plug-and-play microfluidic device for versatile emulsion generation, which consists of three parts: a top module for the dispersed phase supply, a glass capillary for emulsion creation and a bottom module for the continuous phase supply. By combining different modules and tapered glass capillaries, single emulsions, Janus emulsions and double emulsions have been successfully produced. The hybrid strategy allows us to produce smaller