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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 79, Issue 15, Pages 5753-5759Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ac070528n
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Using a microfluidic laminar flow mixer designed for studies of protein folding kinetics, we demonstrate a mixing time of 1 +/- 1 mu s with sample consumption on the order of femtomoles. We recognize two limitations of previously proposed designs: (1) size and shape of the mixing region, which limits mixing uniformity and (2) the formation of Dean vortices at high flow rates, which limits the mixing time. We address these limitations by using a narrow shape-optimized nozzle and by reducing the bend of the side channel streamlines. The final design, which combines both of these features, achieves the best performance. We quantified the mixing performance of the different designs by numerical simulation of coupled Navier-Stokes and convection- diffusion equations and experiments using fluorescence resonance energy-transfer (FRET)-labeled DNA.
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