Modeling of droplet breakup in a microfluidic T-shaped junction with a phase-field model

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  De Menech, Mario ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; T-SHAPED JUNCTION;

CAPILLARY FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 33645501935     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.031505     Document Type: Article

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