Formation of nanoliter bubbles in microfluidic T-junctions

Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-184

  Fan, Jing ^a   Zhang, Yuxiang ^a   Wang, Liqiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Microfluidic T junction; nanoliter bubble formation; numerical simulation; two phase flow

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL WIDTHS; FORMATION PROCESS; GAS FLOWRATE; GAS PRESSURES; LIQUID PHASE; NANOLITERS; NONDIMENSIONAL; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PRESSURE AND VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; RELATIVE VELOCITY; T JUNCTIONS;

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 78649509612     PISSN: 17932920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793292010002086     Document Type: Article

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