Silicon array of elongated through-holes for monodisperse emulsion droplets

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1639-1644

  Kobayashi, Isao ^a,b   Nakajima, Mitsutoshi ^a,b   Chun, Kyoseok ^a   Kikuchi, Yuji ^a   Fujita, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; EMULSIONS; MIXING; SILICON; TURBULENT FLOW;

TURBULENT MIXING;

FLUID MECHANICS;

OIL; SILICON; WATER;

DROPLET; EMULSION; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISPERSION; EMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0036706717     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690480807     Document Type: Article

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