Mixing intensification by chaotic advection inside droplets for controlled nanoparticle preparation

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 773-786

  Liu, Zhe ^a   Huang, Yanbin ^a   Jin, Yong ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chaotic advection; Droplet; Laser induced fluorescence (LIF); Liquid mixing; Nanoparticle preparation

Indexed keywords

AIR ENVIRONMENT; ANTISOLVENT PRECIPITATION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CHAOTIC ADVECTION; CHAOTIC FLOWS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CURCUMIN; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; DROPLET; DYNAMIC MIXING; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; FLOW CONDITION; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF); LIQUID MIXING; MISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLANAR LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SPHERICAL SHAPE;

ADVECTION; DROP FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIQUIDS; NANOPARTICLES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

MIXING;

EID: 77957566406     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0593-4     Document Type: Article

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