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Kim KY. Editorial for the Special Issue on Analysis, Design and Fabrication of Micromixers II. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:2176. [PMID: 36557475 PMCID: PMC9781359 DOI: 10.3390/mi13122176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Micromixers are important components of lab-on-a-chip systems, and also have many biological and chemical applications [...].
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- Kwang-Yong Kim
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
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Nan K, Shi Y, Zhao T, Tang X, Zhu Y, Wang K, Bai J, Zhao W. Mixing and Flow Transition in an Optimized Electrokinetic Turbulent Micromixer. Anal Chem 2022; 94:12231-12239. [PMID: 35999194 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Micromixer is a key element in a lab on a chip for broad applications in the analysis and measurement of chemistry and engineering. Previous investigations reported that electrokinetic (EK) turbulence could be realized in a "Y" type micromixer with a cross-sectional dimension of 100 μm order. Although the ultrafast turbulent mixing can be generated at a bulk flow Reynolds number on the order of unity, the micromixer has not been optimized. In this investigation, we systematically investigated the influence of electric field intensity, AC frequency, electric conductivity ratio, and channel width at the entrance on the mixing effect and transition electric Rayleigh number in the "Y" type electrokinetic turbulent micromixer. It is found that the optimal mixing is realized in a 350 μm wide micromixer, under 100 kHz and 1.14 × 105 V/m AC electric field, with an electric conductivity ratio of 1:3000. Under these conditions, a degree of mixedness of 0.93 can be achieved at 84 μm from the entrance and 100 ms. A further investigation of the critical electric field and the critical electric Rayleigh number indicates that the most unstable condition of EK flow instability is inconsistent with that of the optimal mixing in EK turbulence. To predict the evolution of EK flow under high Raσ and guide the design of EK turbulent micromixers, it is necessary to apply a computational turbulence model instead of linear instability analysis.
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- Keyi Nan
- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photon-Technology in Western China Energy, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China
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Liu M, Li N, Cui S, Li G, Yang F. Biochemical Reaction Acceleration by Electrokinetic Mixing in a Microfluidic Chip. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:5633-5637. [PMID: 35704845 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the past two decades, a large number of micromixers have been studied and reported to solve the low mass transfer in microchannels. However, there is still a lack of research on how much biochemical reaction efficiency or detection sensitivity can be improved by microfluidic rapid mixing. In this study, using our previously developed ultrafast microelectrokinetic turbulent (μEKT) mixing method, taking glucose oxidation reaction as the research object, we investigated the effect of increasing microfluidic mass transfer efficiency on the efficiency and sensitivity of biochemical reactions. The results showed that fast mixing could improve the enzymatic reaction efficiency by improving the mass transfer efficiency. Further detection of glucose in glucose solutions and blood samples showed that the fast mixing could significantly improve the sensitivity of detection. These results indicate that mixing enhancement can be a significant step of microfluidics-based applications such as POCT, liquid biopsy, food safety, and so on.
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- Mingzhan Liu
- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- National Engineering Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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