title: Predictive measure of quality of micromixing.
abstract: We introduce a predictive measure of micromixing termed quantitative overlap (QO). QO depends on the distribution of reactants throughout the reactor and can be calculated by solving equations of diffusion. We used a bimolecular reaction and a capillary microreactor to experimentally prove that QO is proportional to the product yield.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexander P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Bryan J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Dodgson
authors.forename: Leonid T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Cherney
authors.forename: Sergey N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Krylov