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Simulation and Optimization of an Induced Charge Electrokinetic-Based Micromixer

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Micromixing has a wide range of biomedical and biochemical applications. Therefore, many researchers have studied this type of microfluidic devices and have attempted to propose a design with better efficiency. Micromixers are classified as passive and active based on their mixing method (whether external energy source is used to improve mixing or not). The active micromixers have attracted the attentions due to their simple configuration and higher efficiency compared with the passive ones. Induced charge electrokinetic (ICEK) micromixers are the active mixers which have introduced in the recent decade. In the present paper, a novel ICEK micromixer is presented in which two hurdles are placed in the micro-chamber of a micromixer. After determining the efficient configuration for the hurdles, the optimized position of these two hurdles in the microchamber is determined by Nelder–Mead optimization algorithm.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, 71348-51154, Shiraz, Fars, Iran

    Niloofar Zare, Mohammad K. D. Manshadi & Reza Kamali

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

    Niloofar Zare

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Zare, N., Manshadi, M.K.D. & Kamali, R. Simulation and Optimization of an Induced Charge Electrokinetic-Based Micromixer. Iran J Sci Technol Trans Mech Eng 46, 185–194 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-020-00419-9

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