Microscale tipstreaming in a microfluidic flow focusing device

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Anna, Shelley L ^a   Mayer, Hans C ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Colloids; Drops; External flows; Flow visualisation; Microchannel flow; Surfactants; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; DROP BREAKUP; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROMETERS; TWO PHASE FLOW; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DROP FORMATION; MICROFLUIDICS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PROCESS CONTROL;

DROPLET BREAKUP; EXTERNAL FLOWS; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW; BULK CONCENTRATION; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; SURFACTANT CONTENT; THREAD FORMATION; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

CHANNEL FLOW; DROP BREAKUP;

CAPILLARITY; CHANNEL FLOW; DROP BREAKUP; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROMETERS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 33846084175     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397023     Document Type: Article

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