TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent advances and applications of micromixers
AU - Lee, Chia Yen
AU - Fu, Lung Ming
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan for the financial support of this study under Grant Nos. MOST 103-2320-B- 020-001- MY3 , MOST 103-2221-E-020-025-MY3 , MOST 106-2314-B-020 −002 −MY3 , MOST 106-2221-E-020 −019 −MY3 , MOST 106-2622-B-020-001 −CC2 , and 106TFDA-A-103 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/4/15
Y1 - 2018/4/15
N2 - Micromixers are crucial components within micro biomedical systems. This article presents a comprehensive review of the main state-of-the art applications of micromixers in biomedical systems over the past ten years. The article commences by reviewing the fundamental fluidic behaviors involved in microfluidic mixing. The biomedical applications of micromixers are then described in regard to their use particularly for (1) sample concentration, (2) chemical synthesis, (3) chemical reaction, (4) polymerization, (5) extraction and purification, (6) biological analysis, and (7) droplet/emulsion processes and others. The review concludes with a brief statistical analysis of the published literature in the micromixer field and an overview of the relative advantages of passive micromixers compared to active micromixers.
AB - Micromixers are crucial components within micro biomedical systems. This article presents a comprehensive review of the main state-of-the art applications of micromixers in biomedical systems over the past ten years. The article commences by reviewing the fundamental fluidic behaviors involved in microfluidic mixing. The biomedical applications of micromixers are then described in regard to their use particularly for (1) sample concentration, (2) chemical synthesis, (3) chemical reaction, (4) polymerization, (5) extraction and purification, (6) biological analysis, and (7) droplet/emulsion processes and others. The review concludes with a brief statistical analysis of the published literature in the micromixer field and an overview of the relative advantages of passive micromixers compared to active micromixers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.snb.2017.12.034
DO - 10.1016/j.snb.2017.12.034
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85038909288
SN - 0925-4005
VL - 259
SP - 677
EP - 702
JO - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
ER -