Microbubbling by co-axial electrohydrodynamic atomization

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 781-789

  Farook, U ^a   Stride, E ^a   Edirisinghe, M J ^a   Moaleji, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomization; Co axial; Electrohydrodynamic; Microbubbling; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISSOLUTION; FLOW RATE; GLYCEROL; MICROFLUIDICS;

CO-AXIAL ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC ATOMIZATION; GLYCEROL-AIR SYSTEM; MICROBUBBLE SUSPENSIONS; MICROBUBBLING;

ELECTROHYDRODYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAS FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBUBBLE; MICROFLUIDICS; NEBULIZATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SUSPENSION;

AIR; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GLYCEROL; MICROBUBBLES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 34547624153     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0210-1     Document Type: Article

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