https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328709020
Straight micromixer manufacturing combining stereolithography and pulsed laser ablation and simulation - INVITED
1. Photonics4Life research group, Department of Applied Physics, Facultade de Física and Institute of Materials (iMATUS),Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain
2. BFlow S.L., Edificio Emprendia, Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
3. Departament d’Enginyeria Mecànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
* Corresponding author: maite.flores@usc.es
Published online: 18 October 2023
Achieving efficient mixing of fluids is a great challenge in microfluidics that has been addressed using microstructures. In this work, Stereolithography (SLA) and Pulsed Laser Ablation (PLA) were combined to manufacture a straight micromixer for uniform mixing of fluids. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation was performed to test the device. The results suggest that the combination of these optical technologies can be an effective method for fabricating microfluidic devices with great mixing capabilities.
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