被动式微流控混合器的研究进展

微流控混合器是微流控芯片的重要组成部分,是完成微量样品快速混合的一个功能部件。综述了国内外微流控混合器的最新研究进展,论述了微流控混合器的混合机理、设计方法、制作工艺、材料选择及应用等。微流控混合器分为主动式微流控混合器和被动式微流控混合器。主动式微流控混合器主要依靠外部力源实现微量样品的混合,如磁致微流控混合器、电极式微流控混合器和压电/超声波微流控混合器等。主动式微流控混合器结构复杂,因此不易与其他微流控功能器件集成。被动式微流控混合器制作工艺相对简单,易于集成,耗能低,应用广泛,已经在化学工程与生物工程中得到应用。

用于单分子动力学实验的微流控混合器(英文)

设计制作了用于单分子动力学实验的微流控混合器,该混合器用聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)芯片和石英载玻片密封而成,具有低的荧光背景,广泛的生物相容性,结合激光共聚焦显微镜能够在非平衡态下进行单分子荧光探测.我们设计的压力控制系统和进样流路方便而稳定,保证了微流路中流形的长时间稳定,从而实现了样品流速和流量的精准控制.这些技术特点保证了单分子探测得到准确和高信噪比的结果.利用蛋白质的塌缩过程远快于混合过程的特点,采用荧光标记的金黄色葡萄球菌核酸酶作为指示物,分辨出蛋白质变性态的特征峰,并利用变性态的荧光共振能量传递效率随时间的变化表征出混合器在适合于单分子探测条件下的混合时间为150ms.

基于微流控混合器的连续流动态同步辐射圆二色谱发展

基于微流控混合器,采用连续流探测方法,在北京同步辐射装置真空紫外光谱实验站发展了毫秒动态圆二色谱探测方法。石英微流控混合器采用深度离子刻蚀技术加工,通道深度44.5μm。混合器采用蛇形通道实现溶液的快速混合。通过荧光倒置显微镜,在模拟真实实验条件的高粘度溶液中,观察蛇形通道内溶液混合的荧光图像,进行混合效率测试。500μL·min^(-1)流量下,目前可实现4.5~270μs的时间尺度探测。利用微流控混合器进行动态探测,同步辐射紫外光必须聚焦,但由于聚焦透镜波长色散引起的焦点位移,导致圆二色谱发生畸变。通过精确测试不同波长对应焦点的相对位置,然后在圆二色谱扫描中实现波长和焦点位置精确的反馈控制,获得准确的圆二色谱。利用所发展的方法,测试了去折叠状态下的细胞色素c恢复折叠的动态同步辐射圆二色谱,在4.5μs处折叠恢复54%。这种方法将为生物大分子折叠动力学研究提供新的探测手段。

基于电渗流的微流控混和芯片系统级建模技术研究

微流控混合芯片是微流控芯片系统中的重要组成部分,其混合效率直接影响后续反应产物的分布和反应体系的容量.文中对基于电渗流驱动的微流控混合芯片的系统级建模技术进行了研究,本研究首先结合基于电渗流驱动的微流控混合芯片的控制方程,对系统各组件的参数化行为模型进行了提取,在此基础上编程实现了系统各组件的多端口组件模型,构建了基于电渗流的微流控混和芯片系统级模型,模型仿真结果与有限元方法相比,相对误差为2.5%,而仿真速度却远远高于有限元方法.表明该方法在不显著损失系统精度的前提下,可以更加有效的对系统性能做出评价.

A State-of-the-Art Review of Mixing in Microfluidic Mixers

Microreaction technology is one of the most innovative and rapid developing fields in chemical engineering, synthesis and process technology. Many expectations toward enhanced product selectivity, yield and purity, improved safety, and access to new products and processes are directed to the microreaction technology. Microfluidic mixer is the most important component in microfluidic devices. Based on various principles, active and passive micromixers have been designed and investigated. This review is focused on the recent developments in microfluidic mixers. An overview of the flow phenomena and mixing characteristics in active and passive micromixers is presented, including the types of physical phenomena and their utilization in micromixers. Due to the simple fabrication technology and the easy implementation in a complex microfluidic system, T-micromixer is highlighted as an example to illustrate the effect of design and operating parameters on mixing efficiency and fuid flow inside microfluidic mixers.

Micromixing in the Submerged Circulative Impinging Stream Reactor

Micromixing in the submerged circulative impinging stream reactor (SCISR) developed by the authors is investigated with the Bourne's reaction scheme. The values measured for the impinging velocity, u0, under the conditions of SCISR normal operation, only is of the order of 0.1m·s^-1, are much slower than that inferred,suggesting low power requirement for operation. The values of the characteristic time constant for micromixing,tM, determined in the impinging velocity range of 0.184m·s^-1 < u0 < 0.326m·s^-1 are ranged from 192ms to 87 ms, showing that impinging streams promotes micromixing very efficiently. The data follow approximately the relationship of tM∝ u0^-1.5. A comparative study shows that the micromixing performance of SCISR is much better than that of the traditional stirred tank reactor. The tM values predicted with the existing theoretical model are systematically longer than those measured by about 2--3 times, implying that the regularity of impinging streams promoting micromixing is unclear yet.

Micromixing efficiency in a T-shaped confined impinging jet reactor

Confined impinging jet reactor(CIJR)offers advantages for chemical rapid processes and has become an important new reactor used in the chemical industry.The micromixing efficiency in a T-shaped CIJR for two tubes of inner diameter of 3 mm was studied by using a parallel competing iodide–iodate reaction as the working system.In this work,the effects of different operating conditions,such as impinging velocity and acid concentration,on segregation index were investigated.In addition,the effects of the inner nozzles diameter and the distance L between the jet axis and the top wall of the mixing chamber on the micromixing efficiency were also considered.It is concluded that the best range of L in this CIJR is 6.5–12.5 mm.Based on the incorporation model,the estimated minimum micromixing time tmof CIJR approximately equals to 2×10-4s.These experimental results indicate clearly that CIJR possesses a much better micromixing performance compared with the conventional stirred tank(micromixing time of 2×10-3to 2×10-2s).Hence,it can be envisioned that CIJR has more promising applications in various industrial processes.

CFD study of flow-diffusion process in Y-shape micromixer

A CFD simulation was carried out to investigate the mixing process in a Y-shape micromixer with the software Fluent 6.3. The definition of the "diffusion angle" is proposed to describe the molecular diffusion process associated with the flow at low Reynolds number. The linear relationship between the diffusion angle and the Peclet number(Pe) is determined by both theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. Moreover, the simulation results reveal that the diffusion angle is only related to the Peclet number whilst it is irrelevant to the changes of Re(Reynolds number) and Sc(Schmidt number). The range of Peclet number and Reynolds number for experimental measurement are also suggested as Pe≤10000 and Re≤10.

Tides and Turbulent Mixing in the North of Taiwan Island

Microstructure and hydrological profiles were collected along two cross-shelf sections from the deep slope to the shallow water in the north of Taiwan Island in the summer of 2006.While the tidal currents on the shelf were dominated by the barotropic tide with the current ellipse stretched across the shelf,significant internal tides were observed on the slope.The depth-mean turbulent kinetic energy(TKE)dissipation rate on the shelf was 10^-6W kg^-1,corresponding to a diapycnal diffusivity of 10^-2 m^2s^-1.The depth-mean TKE dissipation rate on the slope was 1×10^-7 Wkg^-1,with diapycnal diffusivity of 3×10^-4m^2s^-1.The shear instability associated with internal tides largely contributed to the TKE dissipation rate on the slope from the surface to 150 m,while the enhanced turbulence on the shelf was dominated by tidal or residual current dissipations caused by friction in the thick bottom boundary layer(BBL).In the BBL,the Ekman currents associated with the northeastward Taiwan Warm Current were identified,showing a near-bottom velocity spiral,which agreed well with the analytical bottom Ekman solution.

Retrospect and Perspective of Micro-mixing Studies in Stirred Tanks

Mixing problems are most likely encountered and sometimes can be severe in scaling-up projects. Micro-mixing is an important aspect for fast or quasi-instantaneous reactions. Poor micro-mixing might produce more undesired by-products, leading to higher purification costs. This paper gives an extensive review and analysis of micro-mixing studies in single- and multi phase stirred tanks. The relevant experiment techniques, micro-mixing models and nurherical approaches are critically reviewed and analyzed with remarks and perspectives. The reported studies on two-phase micro-mixing experiments and on the impact of the presence of the dispersed phases on turbulence have been limited to a narrow range of conditions. More importantly, disparities widely exist among different reports. Both Lagrangian and Eulerian models are based on oversimplified assumptions, which may lead to uncertainties or even unrealistic results. A heuristic model, which is from the perspective of CFD （computational fluid dynamics） and can cover the whole spectrum of scales and also focus on every subrocess, is desired in the future.

微流芯片

介绍了基于电流变液控制的微流芯片的工作原理和制作过程.由于电流变液的粘度随外加电场的增加而增大,且这种改变是可逆的,响应时间也极快(毫秒量级).利用此特性,作者设计制成了电流变液数值型微流阀.基于此类微流阀,我们制成了一系列微流器件,例如:微流混合装置、微减震器以及微流泵.

Convection and Phase-Separation Behavior of Binary Mixture under Microwave Irradiation

When the temperature of a thin layer of a solution is vertically controlled, Rayleigh-Bemard convection is observed. When a binary isobutyric acid aqueous solution is used as the binary mixture, phase separation is simultaneously induced at the approximate critical solution temperature. In this study, these behaviors of phase separation and convection were observed under microwave irradiation. When the microwave power was higher, coalescence of fine droplets after the initial phase separation was accelerated and the coalescence size decreased. However, the solution became more unsteady because of smaller interfacial tension or greater heat generated by the radiation. Finally, in cases of higher microwave power, a steady convection pattern could not exist for a prolonged period because the water-rich phase was more active toward microwave irradiation, and the vertical temperature gradient became disordered.

On-chip fast mixing by a rotary peristaltic micropump with a single structural layer

In this work,a rotary pump based micromixer for on-chip rapid mixing and liquid transportation is demonstrated and characterized.Both pumping and mixing are realized using a microfluidic chip with a single structural polydimethylsiloxane layer and a portable electric control system.The rotary pump consists of an annular channel and is driven by a motor and magnets.The flow field caused by the peristaltic movement of the channel membrane of the rotary pump is simulated and analyzed.By statistically calculating and comparing the normalized standard deviations of the flow velocity components in a microchannel,it is revealed that up-and-down mixing is the fastest,followed by segment mixing and parallel mixing.Two mixing styles,segment mixing and parallel mixing,were experimentally demonstrated using the chip.The pump achieved 90% of the mixing index in 1 s for the segment mixing type.As for the parallel mixing type,the mixing index was up to 90% after 5 s,which is more than 100-fold improvement compared to conventional mixing by interfacial diffusion.The mixing speeds in both directions were improved prominently by increasing the rotational speed of the pump.

BIOCONVECTION IN A NON-DARCY POROUS MEDIUM SATURATED WITH A NANOFLUID AND OXYTACTIC MICRO-ORGANISMS

The aim of this paper is to present a continuum model for bioconvection of oxytactic micro-organisms in a non-Darcy porous medium and to investigate the effects of bio- convection and mixed convection on the steady boundary layer flow past a horizontal plate embedded in a porous medium filled with a water-based nanofluid. The governing partial differential equations for momentum, heat, oxygen and micro-organism conser- vation are reduced to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations that are numerically solved using a built-in MATLAB ODE solver. The effects of the bioconvection parameters on the nanofluid fluid properties, nanoparticle concentration and the density of the micro-organism are analyzed. A comparative anal- ysis of our results with those previously reported in the literature is given. Among the significant findings in this study is that bioconvection parameters highly influence beat, mass and motile micro-organism transfer rates.