Self-synchronizing pairwise production of monodisperse droplets by microfluidic step emulsification

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Chokkalingam, Venkatachalam ^a   Herminghaus, Stephan ^a   Seemann, Ralf ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS AND SELF ORGANIZATION   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CROSS TALKS; DROP VOLUMES; IN-SITU; MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; MONODISPERSITY; PRODUCTION UNITS;

DROPS;

EID: 58149142679     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3050461     Document Type: Article

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