Capillary threads and viscous droplets in square microchannels

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Cubaud, Thomas ^a   Mason, Thomas G ^b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; DROPS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CAPILLARY NUMBER; DROPLET SIZE; FLOW BEHAVIOR; FLOW MAP;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

CAPILLARY FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; DROPS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 44649183471     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2911716     Document Type: Article

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