Imaging of mixing dynamics in micromixers using microscopy and optical coherence tomography

Chuanwu Xi; Dan Marks; Devang S Parikh; Lutgarde Raskin; Stephen A. Boppart

doi:10.1117/12.523395

23 December 2003 Imaging of mixing dynamics in micromixers using microscopy and optical coherence tomography

Chuanwu Xi, Dan Marks, Devang S Parikh, Lutgarde Raskin, Stephen A. Boppart

Proceedings Volume 5345, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.523395
Event: Micromachining and Microfabrication, 2004, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We present the design of two efficient micromixers, a 3-D serpentine micromixer and a vortex mixer. Light and confocal microscopy and image analysis programs were used to study mixing efficiency in these two micromixers and a Y-shape straight channel. By utilizing Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), an emerging high-resolution medical and biological imaging technology, we obtained 3-D structural data and mixing dynamics for the 3-D serpentine mixer and the vortex mixer. The results indicate that mixing efficiency characterized with OCT is more accurate.

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Chuanwu Xi, Dan Marks, Devang S Parikh, Lutgarde Raskin, and Stephen A. Boppart "Imaging of mixing dynamics in micromixers using microscopy and optical coherence tomography", Proc. SPIE 5345, Microfluidics, BioMEMS, and Medical Microsystems II, (23 December 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.523395

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