Formation of monodisperse microbubbles in a microfluidic device

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2254-2259

  Xu, J H ^a   Li, S W ^a   Chen, G G ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crossflowing rupture technique; Microfluidic device; Monodisperse microbubbles

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; DROP BREAKUP; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

CROSSFLOWING RUPTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW RATES; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; MONODISPERSE MICROBUBBLES;

FLUIDICS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; DROP BREAKUP; FLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744826280     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10824     Document Type: Article

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