Continuous generation of hydrogel beads and encapsulation of biological materials using a microfluidic droplet-merging channel

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-549

  Um, Eujin ^a   Lee, Dae Sik ^b   Pyo, Hyeon Bong ^b   Park, Je Kyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Droplet merging; Hydrogel beads; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COAGULATION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ENCAPSULATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FOOD ADDITIVES; GELATION; GELS; HYDROGELS; MERGING; MIXING; NANOFLUIDICS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTICAL DESIGN; RATE CONSTANTS;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; DROPLET-MERGING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEL BEADS; IMMISCIBLE OIL; IN-SITU FORMATION; MICRO CHANNELS; MICRO-FLUIDIC; MICRO-FLUIDIC CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SINGLE CHANNEL; T JUNCTIONS;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 50649124464     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0268-6     Document Type: Article

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