Monodisperse double emulsions generated by microfluidic chips utilizing flow focusing and pneumatic chopping devices

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-268

  Lao, K L ^a   Lee, G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double emulsion; Droplet; Microfluidics; PDMS

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROSYSTEMS; NANOFLUIDICS; PNEUMATICS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

APPLICATIONS.; DOUBLE EMULSION; DOUBLE EMULSIONS; DROPLET; FLOW FOCUSING; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO FLUIDIC-CHIP; MICRO-DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONODISPERSE DOUBLE EMULSIONS; PDMS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; WATER-IN-OIL-IN-WATER;

BIOCHIPS;

EID: 50049084668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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