ArticleJournal of micromechanics and microengineering : structures, devices, and systems2017
Mixing high-viscosity fluids via acoustically driven bubbles.
Article in Journal of micromechanics and microengineering : structures, devices, and systems, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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- Manipulation with sound and vibration: A review on the micromanipulation system based on sub-MHz acoustic waves.Ultrasonics sonochemistry · 2023Review
- Rapid prototyping of functional acoustic devices using laser manufacturing.Lab on a chip · 2022Article
- A robot-assisted acoustofluidic end effector.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Microparticle Manipulation Based on the Bulk Acoustic Wave Combined with the Liquid Crystal Backflow Effect Driving in 2D/3D Platforms.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Review of Bubble Applications in Microrobotics: Propulsion, Manipulation, and Assembly.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Design of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducer Based on Doped PDMS.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Versatile Microfluidic Mixing Platform for High- and Low-Viscosity Liquids via Acoustic and Chemical Microbubbles.Micromachines · 2019Article
- Open source acoustofluidics.Lab on a chip · 2019Article
- Layered acoustofluidic resonators for the simultaneous optical and acoustic characterisation of cavitation dynamics, microstreaming, and biological effects.Biomicrofluidics · 2018Article
- Acoustic Actuation ofJournal of micromechanics and microengineering : structures, devices, and systems · 2018Article
- A Review on Micromixers.Micromachines · 2017Review
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Abstract
We present an acoustofluidic micromixer which can perform rapid and homogeneous mixing of highly viscous fluids in the presence of an acoustic field. In this device, two high-viscosity polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions were co-injected into a three-inlet PDMS microchannel with the center inlet containing a constant stream of nitrogen flow which forms bubbles in the device. When these bubbles were excited by an acoustic field generated via a piezoelectric transducer, the two solutions mixed homogenously due to the combination of acoustic streaming, droplet ejection, and bubble eruption effects. The mixing efficiency of this acoustofluidic device was evaluated using PEG-700 solutions which are ~106 times more viscous than deionized (DI) water. Our results indicate homogenous mixing of the PEG-700 solutions with a ~0.93 mixing index. The acoustofluidic micromixer is compact, inexpensive, easy to operate, and has the capacity to mix highly viscous fluids within 50 milliseconds.
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