title: A simplified design of the staggered herringbone micromixer for practical applications.
abstract: We demonstrated a simple method for the device design of a staggered herringbone micromixer (SHM) using numerical simulation. By correlating the simulated concentrations with channel length, we obtained a series of concentration versus channel length profiles, and used mixing completion length L(m) as the only parameter to evaluate the performance of device structure on mixing. Fluorescence quenching experiments were subsequently conducted to verify the optimized SHM structure for a specific application. Good agreement was found between the optimization and the experimental data. Since L(m) is straightforward, easily defined and calculated parameter for characterization of mixing performance, this method for designing micromixers is simple and effective for practical applications.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Zhiyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaeho
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao