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Reaction-Driven Mixing and Dispersion
Article first published online: 15 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001854
Copyright © 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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Grzybowski, B. A. (2011), Reaction-Driven Mixing and Dispersion. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 50: 40–42. doi: 10.1002/anie.201001854
Publication History
- Issue published online: 28 DEC 2010
- Article first published online: 15 OCT 2010
- Manuscript Received: 29 MAR 2010
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Keywords:
- diffusion;
- fluids;
- instabilities;
- interfaces;
- mixing
Reactions that look after themselves: Interfacial instabilities caused by chemical reactions can increase the area of contact between fluids and enhance their mixing or dispersion. Although instabilities in macroscopic liquid/liquid systems are well-understood, “reactive mixing” at molecular length scales presents a challenge and an opportunity for future research. The picture shows two-dimensional density fields of two miscible reactive fluids.