A high rate flow-focusing foam generator

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Lorenceau, Elise ^a   Sang, Yann Yip Cheung ^a   Höhler, Reinhard ^a   Cohen Addad, Sylvie ^a  

^a National Centre of Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSIONS; FOAMS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

FOAM GENERATOR; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICE; MONODISPERSE BUBBLES; POLYDISPERSITY;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

BUBBLE FORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOAMS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

EID: 33749234171     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2353799     Document Type: Article

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