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ArticleMicromachines2023

A Flexible Kenics Mixer for Applications in Liquid Chromatography.

Prachet Dsk, Petru S Fodor, Chandrasekhar R Kothapalli

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Article in Micromachines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Prachet DskDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
Petru S FodorDepartment of Physics, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44236, USA.
Chandrasekhar R KothapalliDepartment of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44236, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8450-0640

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Miniaturization of liquid chromatography could help enhance sensitivity, reduce solvent usage, and detect small quantities of peptides. However, it demands better sample homogenization of the mobile phase. We here developed a mixer design based on the inline Kenics geometry, consisting of a periodic arrangement of twisted blades placed inside a cylindrical capillary that repeatedly cut and stack fluid elements to achieve rapid mixing in laminar flow regimes. The mixer design was optimized with respect to the twist angle and aspect ratio of the mixing units to achieve complete mixing at minimum pressure load cost. Results suggest that for optimal designs, for a mixer volume of ~70 μL, complete mixing is achieved within a distance smaller than 4 cm for a broad set of flow rate conditions ranging from 75 μL·min

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flexible tubingKenics mixerliquid chromatographymicrofluidicsmicromixer

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PMID37512684
PMCPMC10386428

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