A Novel Three-Dimensional Passive Micromixer with Replaceable Mixing Chamber

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In this paper, we design and fabricate a three-dimensional passive-micromixer with a replaceable mixing chamber. The rectangular mixing chamber has a dimension of 20 mm × 3 mm in length and width and 2 mm in height, the chamber can be fitted with different microstructures to accelerate mixing. Then, we compare the no structure chamber to left and right interdigitated chamber by using numerical simulation, the result show that the mixing efficiency has been significantly improved. The photomicrographs proved the effectiveness of the design finally.

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