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Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer, Dhwani K. Trivedi, Joshua M. Pearce
Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer, Dhwani K. Trivedi, Joshua M. Pearce
Joshua M. Pearce
As the open source development of additive manufacturing has led to low-cost desktop three-dimensional (3-D) printing, a number of scientists throughout the world have begun to share digital designs of free and open source scientific hardware. Open source scientific hardware enables custom experimentation, laboratory control, rapid upgrading, transparent maintenance, and lower costs in general. To aid in this trend, this study describes the development, design, assembly, and operation of a 3-D printable open source desktop nutating mixer, which provides a fixed 20° platform tilt angle for a gentle three-dimensional (gyrating) agitation of chemical or biological samples (e.g., DNA or blood …
Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer, Dhwani K. Trivedi, Joshua M. Pearce
Open Source 3-D Printed Nutating Mixer, Dhwani K. Trivedi, Joshua M. Pearce
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Publications
As the open source development of additive manufacturing has led to low-cost desktop three-dimensional (3-D) printing, a number of scientists throughout the world have begun to share digital designs of free and open source scientific hardware. Open source scientific hardware enables custom experimentation, laboratory control, rapid upgrading, transparent maintenance, and lower costs in general. To aid in this trend, this study describes the development, design, assembly, and operation of a 3-D printable open source desktop nutating mixer, which provides a fixed 20° platform tilt angle for a gentle three-dimensional (gyrating) agitation of chemical or biological samples (e.g., DNA or blood …
Development Of A Novel Microreactor For Improved Chemical Reaction Conversion, Yu Liang
Development Of A Novel Microreactor For Improved Chemical Reaction Conversion, Yu Liang
Doctoral Dissertations
Microreactors have been widely studied over the past two decades for different chemical reactions, to develop new analytical capabilities, and to obtain high mixing performance in the reactors. The main objectives of this work are to investigate the effect of different microchannel structures on the fluid properties and mixing behavior in microreactors, and to design, fabricate, and test a novel microreactor for higher conversion in a chemical reaction. The development of this novel microreactor is intended to provide a valuable guideline in achieving enhanced chemical mixing and to make available a solid research base for optimization of the yield of …