Bubble formation and breakup mechanism in a microfluidic flow-focusing device

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2392-2400

  Fu, Taotao ^a,b   Ma, Youguang ^a   Funfschilling, Denis ^b   Li, Huai Z ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

PIV; Breakup; Bubble formation; Flow focusing; Microfluidic device

Indexed keywords

BREAK-UP RATES; BREAKUP; BUBBLE FORMATION MECHANISMS; COLLAPSE TIME; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FLOW-FOCUSING; FORMATION MECHANISMS; GAIN INSIGHTS; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS BUBBLES; GLYCEROL-WATER MIXTURES; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL CAMERAS; LIQUID AND GAS FLOWS; LIQUID SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; LIQUID-PHASE; MICRO CHANNELS; MICRO-PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; PIV MEASUREMENTS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATES; VELOCITY FIELDS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DROP FORMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW RATE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FOCUSING; GASES; GLYCEROL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 64049107269     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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