title: Properties of microfluidic turbulent mixing revealed by fluorescence lifetime imaging.
abstract: We present a new method of measurement based on fluorescence lifetime imaging that reveals molecular-scale details of the mixing process in a continuous-flow turbulent microfluidic reactor. Our data provide a glimpse of the cascade to the minimal eddy size, followed by rapid diffusion involving the smallest eddies for final mixing.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61802, USA. glen@intelligent-imaging.com
authors.forename: Glen I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Redford
authors.forename: Zigurts K
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Jason D B
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sutin
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Clegg