Title :
Design of a new type of CSC micromixer
Author :
Singh, Kanika ; Kim, Hyun Hoon ; Kim, Kyung Chun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech. Eng., Pusan Nat. Univ., Pusan
Abstract :
Micromixer has been studied for several years. In this paper we have attempted to design and develop a new type of combinatorial chaotic and serpentine micromixer (CSC) that is compatible with the microfabrication process of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). We visualize the mixing of the fabricated CSC micromixer. A mixing experiment was performed using the Rhodamine B with Micro-LIF. Such a new and novel micro-mixer is simple to fabricate and easy to use. The micromixer is characterized and visualized with the help of the Micro-LIF technique. The new micromixer will e further applied to lab-on-chip device. The mixing capability of this mixer is about 30-33%.
Keywords :
blending; chaos; flow visualisation; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; polymers; Rhodamine B; combinatorial chaotic serpentine micromixer; lab-on-chip device; microscale laser induced fluorescence; mixing capability; polydimethylsiloxane; Absorption; Band pass filters; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Chemical lasers; Fluorescence; Laser beam cutting; Microscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Visualization; Flow Visualization; Micro-LIF; micro-mixer;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2008. ITAB 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2254-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2255-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2008.4570661
