Authors: Seo, Hyeon-Seok; Han, Bongtae; Kim, Youn-Jea

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 12, Number 6, June 2012 , pp. 4523-4530(8)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

Abstract:

A new type of electrokinetic micromixer with a ring-type channel is introduced for fast mixing. The proposed mixer takes two fluids from different inlets and combines them in a ring-type mixing chamber. The fluids enter two different inlets (inner radius: 25 μm and outer radius: 50 μm), respectively. The total channel length is 500 μm, and four microelectrodes are positioned on the outer wall of the mixing chamber. The electric potentials on the four microelectrodes are sinusoidal with time, having various maximum values of voltage, zeta potential and frequency. Also, in order to compare the mixing performance with different obstacle configurations, we performed a numerical analysis using a commercial code, COMSOL. The concentration of the dissolved substances in the working fluid and the flow and electric fields in the channel were investigated and the results were graphically depicted for various flow and electric conditions.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2012.6188

Publication date: 2012-06-01

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