Control of serial microfluidic droplet size gradient by step-wise ramping of flow rates

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-25

  Collins, John ^a   Lee, Abraham Phillip ^a  

^a Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet generation frequency; Droplet sensing; High speed imaging; Microdroplet array; Microfluidic droplets

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DROPLET SENSING; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 33947674774     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-006-0093-8     Document Type: Article

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