Microfluidic channel & mixer
Learn to follow a fluid path from inlet to outlet and recognise the parts shared by many chip experiments.
Follow the structure
Each feature is also explained below. You can read the diagram without animation or JavaScript.
Two inlets
Stream A and stream B enter through separate labelled ports. Select a feature to follow the illustrated route.
Shared channel
The two illustrated routes meet in a shared channel. The colour transition is a visual cue, not a calculated mixing result.
Channel turns
Follow the channel as it changes direction across the device. This generic geometry does not reproduce a commercial product.
Outlet
The illustrated route ends at the outlet. Real device geometry and operating requirements must be checked with the manufacturer.
Microfluidic experiments handle fluids in small channels. ANFF Queensland documents uses in biology, chemistry and biotechnology, with low sample requirements among the advantages.
Start with the labels: an inlet introduces fluid, a channel carries it through the device, and an outlet collects it. Arrows in this Explorer indicate intended flow direction. A junction is where paths meet; a chamber provides a wider region for an experiment.
A diagram is only part of the system. Flow control, tubing and observation equipment also matter. ANFF Queensland's experimental platform includes syringe pumps, a fluorescence microscope and a high-speed camera.
What this illustration leaves out
Schematic only; channel widths, depths and drawing scale are unspecified. The drawing does not establish a working operating condition or complete experimental setup.
Check the original sources
Source checked 14 Sep 2026 · Biochips source desk (AI-assisted source check). Specialist review: not recorded. Review method.
- Lithography — Microfluidics Platform ANFF Queensland · Checked 14 Sep 2026
Microscale applications and low sample volumes; Syringe-pump and imaging infrastructure
- Transverse transport of solutes between co-flowing pressure-driven streams for microfluidic studies of diffusion/reaction processes Salmon and Ajdari; author manuscript on arXiv; J. Appl. Phys. 101, 074902 (2007) · Checked 14 Sep 2026
Two inlet streams joining in a microchannel