Nanoliter-droplet breakup in confined T-shaped junctions

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-479

  Zhang, Yuxiang ^a   Wang, Liqiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confined t shaped junction; Critical condition; Droplet breakup; Nanoliter droplet

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHANNEL DEPTH; CONFINED T-SHAPED JUNCTION; CRITICAL CONDITION; DROPLET BREAKUP; DROPLET LENGTH; NANOLITERS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; SCALING ANALYSIS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CORRELATION;

CAPILLARITY;

DROP BREAKUP;

NANODROPLET; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOLITER DROPLET BREAKUP; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T SHAPED JUNCTION;

EID: 79956271173     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311795542390     Document Type: Article

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