Experimental and computational analysis of droplet formation in a high-performance flow-focusing geometry

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 203-212

  Ong, Wee Liat ^a   Hua, Jinsong ^b   Zhang, Baili ^b   Teo, Teng Yuan ^a,c   Zhuo, Junlong ^a,d   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^d   Ranganathan, Nagarajan ^a   Yobas, Levent ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circular constriction; Digital microfluidics; Droplet; Emulsion; Flow focusing; Simulation; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; EMULSIONS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CIRCULAR CONSTRICTION; DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS; FLOW FOCUSING; SILICON MICROCHANNELS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 34347244559     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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