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In this paper, an innovative in-plane passive micromixer using the “Coanda effect” has been designed, simulated, fabricated and successfully characterized. Simulation and experimental results of the developed novel micromixer have shown excellent mixing performances over a wide range of flow rate from 1 µl/min to 100 µl/min. The micromixer realized in this work has achieved even better mixing performance at a higher flow rate of 100 µl/min. Due to a simple in-plane structure of the novel micromixer, the mixer can be easily fabricated and integrated with total microfluidic systems.
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Hong, CC., Choi, JW., Ahn, C.H. (2001). A Novel In-Plane Passive Micromixer Using Coanda Effect. In: Ramsey, J.M., van den Berg, A. (eds) Micro Total Analysis Systems 2001. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1015-3_11
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