Controllable gas-liquid phase flow patterns and monodisperse microbubbles in a microfluidic T-junction device

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Xu, J H ^a   Li, S W ^a   Wang, Y J ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CROSSFLOW; DISPERSED BUBBLES; SHEAR-RUPTURING TECHNIQUES; T-JUNCTION DEVICES;

FLUIDICS;

EID: 33645516543     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2189570     Document Type: Article

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