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A.M. and J.O.P. thank the financial support from the PRIN 2012 project n. D38C13000610001 funded by the Italian Ministry of Education. A.M. thanks the financial support for the computational infrastructure from the RITMARE project.

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Bioingegneria, Robotica e Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Università di Genova, Via Montallegro 1, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Gianluca Mussetti

  2. CIMA Research Foundation, University Campus - via Magliotto 2, 17100, Savona, Italy

    Gianluca Mussetti

  3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica e Ambientale, Università di Genova, Via Montallegro 1, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Jan O. Pralits & Andrea Mazzino

  4. INFN and CINFAI Consortium, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy

    Andrea Mazzino

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Mussetti, G., Pralits, J.O. & Mazzino, A. Achieving uniform concentration by optimised dosage in a microchannel. Meccanica 49, 2543–2547 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-014-9998-6

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