Journal
MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 139-144Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0496-4
Keywords
Chaotic advection; Microbubble; Microfluidics; Rapid mixing
Funding
- National Science Foundation [ECCS-0824183, ECCS-0801922]
- Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science (MRSEC)
- National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN)
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In this study, we report a rapid microfluidic mixing device based on chaotic advection induced by microbubble-fluid interactions. The device includes inlets for to-be-mixed fluids and nitrogen gas. A side-by-side laminar flow segmented by monodisperse microbubbles is generated when the fluids and the nitrogen are co-injected through a flow focusing micro-orifice. The flow subsequently enters a series of hexagonal expansion chambers, in which the hydrodynamic interaction among the microbubbles results in the stretch and fold of segmented fluid volumes and rapid mixing and homogenization. We characterize the performance of the microfluidic mixer and demonstrate rapid mixing within 20 ms. We further show that bubbles can be conveniently removed from the mixed fluids using a microfluidic comb structure on completion of the mixing.
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