Formation of dispersions using "flow focusing" in microchannels

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 364-366

  Anna, Shelley L ^a   Bontoux, Nathalie ^b   Stone, Howard A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; ORIFICES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

MICROCHANNELS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 0037455351     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1537519     Document Type: Article

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