Which consequence results when turbulence overwhelms laminar flow in a microfluidic mixing channel?

💡 Explanation

Decreased mixing results where turbulent eddies fail to penetrate all regions, because coherent structures form rather than small-scale diffusion. Thus, mixing efficiency drops rather than improving, unlike cases relying solely on diffusion, which the channel is designed to mitigate.

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