Swirl flow focusing: A novel procedure for the massive production of monodisperse microbubbles

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Herrada, Miguel A ^a   Gañán Calvo, Alfonso M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FOCUSING; MICROFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FLOW FOCUSING; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; MASSIVE PRODUCTION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MONO-DISPERSE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 65549117502     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3123533     Document Type: Article

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