Impact of inlet channel geometry on microfluidic drop formation

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Abate, A R ^a   Poitzsch, A ^b   Hwang, Y ^c   Lee, J ^d   Czerwinska, J ^e   Weitz, D A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pinkerton Academy   (United States)

^c St Paul's School   (United States)

^d Lexington High School   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DROP SIZE; FLOW-RATE; INLET CHANNELS; INTERFACIAL FORCES; MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS; SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL FORMS; SQUEEZING MECHANISM; T JUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DROP FORMATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

CAPILLARITY;

EID: 69449101987     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.026310     Document Type: Article

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