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Bubble generation in microfluidic devices

Martinez, 2009

Document ID
9651351239839759161
Author
Martinez C
Publication year
Publication venue
Bubble Science, Engineering & Technology

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Microfluidics has provided a rapid and inexpensive prototyping tool for the exploration and manipulation of multiphase flow at low Reynolds numbers. This has opened up a new realm of possibilities regarding the compartmentalisation of fluids via the generation of …
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
    • B01F5/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F5/06—Mixers in which the components are pressed together through slits, orifices, or screens; Static mixers; Mixers of the fractal type
    • B01F5/0602—Static mixers, i.e. mixers in which the mixing is effected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
    • B01F5/0609—Mixing tubes, e.g. the material being submitted to a substantially radial movement or to a movement partially in reverse direction
    • B01F5/0646—Mixers composed of several consecutive mixing tubes; Mixing tubes being deformed or bent, e.g. having varying cross-section or being provided with inwardly extending profiles, e.g. with internal screw-thread profile
    • B01F5/0647—Mixers with bended, curved, coiled, wounded mixing tubes or comprising elements for bending the flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
    • B01F5/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F5/04—Injector mixers, i.e. one or more components being added to a flowing main component
    • B01F5/0403—Mixing conduits or tubes, i.e. conduits or tubes through which the main component is flown
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
    • B01F3/00—Mixing, e.g. dispersing, emulsifying, according to the phases to be mixed
    • B01F3/08—Mixing, e.g. dispersing, emulsifying, according to the phases to be mixed liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
    • B01F3/0807—Emulsifying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
    • B01F13/00—Other mixers; Mixing plant, including combinations of mixers, e.g. of dissimilar mixers
    • B01F13/0059—Micromixers
    • B01F13/0061—Micromixers using specific means for arranging the streams to be mixed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
    • B01L3/00—Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glassware; Droppers
    • B01L3/50—Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes
    • B01L3/502—Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures
    • B01L3/5027—Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures by integrated micro-fluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip
    • B01L3/502746—Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures by integrated micro-fluidic structures, i.e. dimensions of channels and chambers are such that surface tension forces are important, e.g. lab-on-a-chip characterised by the means for controlling flow resistance, e.g. flow controllers, baffles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
    • B01F15/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F15/02—Feed or discharge mechanisms
    • B01F15/0201—Feed mechanisms
    • B01F15/0227—Feed mechanisms characterized by the means for feeding the components to the mixer
    • B01F15/0264—With means for feeding the material with a fractal or tree-type distribution in a surface

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