Micromixers: Lamination and Serial Mechanisms

This lecture covers the design and operation of micromixers, focusing on multilamination mixers and serial lamination mechanisms. It explains how passive micromixers work, such as parallel and serial lamination mixers, with examples like split-and-recombine micromixers. The lecture also delves into the principles behind serial lamination, showcasing how it reduces mixing time and diffusion distance. Various examples of serial lamination mixers, including miniaturized static mixers and XH and XO micromixers, are presented. The lecture concludes with a discussion on chaotic mixers, highlighting their role in microreactors for efficient mixing.