Influence of channel height on mixing efficiency and synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles using droplet-based microfluidics.

ABSTRACT: Microfluidic devices, allowing superior control over the spatial and temporal distribution of chemical substances and high process reproducibility, are nowadays essential in various research areas and industrial fields where the traditional "macroscopic" approach was no longer able to keep up with the increasing demands of high-end applications. In the present work, internal mixing of droplets formed by a flow-focusing X-junction at constant flow rates of both phases for three different channel heights (i.e. 20, 40 and 60 μm) was investigated and characterised. Both experimental methods and 3D CFD simulations were employed in order to resolve governing factors having an impact on internal mixing and homogenization time of model tracers inside of droplet reactors. Additionally, the i

SUBMITTER: Kaspar O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9052325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature