Design and geometry of the four-jet tangential ABAB micro-mixer.

(a) Design of the micro-mixer body and the cuvette holder. (b) Geometry of the micro-mixer and the rectangular cuvette integrated in the plexiglass holder. Reaction components, A and B, enter the mixer body as indicated and subsequently flow through the four channels arranged in a cross. The components are then forced through a 100 μm wide and 50 μm deep μm Pt inlay mixing chamber (392.5 pL in volume and 3 mm in outer diameter). (c) Side-view slice through the mixer body and the Pt inlay along two opposite channels. (d) Top view of the channel arrangement and the premixing chamber of the dismounted mixer. The premixing chamber has dimensions of 100 x 100 x 50 μm³ yielding a volume of 500 pL.