Fabrication of composite microcapsules by drop-on-demand inkjet: Effect of precursor composition on the process limits

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3829-3835

  Dohnal, Jiří ^a   Štěpánek, František ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drop; Gels; Microencapsulation; Particle formation; Suspension; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; DROP-ON-DEMAND; DROPLET FORMATION; FLUID VISCOSITY; INK JET TECHNOLOGY; INK-JET METHODS; MICRO-DROPLET; MICROCAPSULES; MICROENCAPSULATION; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING PRESSURE; PARTICLE FORMATION; PRECURSOR COMPOSITION; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRINT HEAD; PROCESS LIMITS; SOLID PARTICLES; SOLIDS CONTENT; SOLIDS FRACTION; SOLIDS LOADING; SOLUTION VISCOSITY; SUBMICRON; TIO; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

ENCAPSULATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SPRAY NOZZLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VISCOSITY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 79959631527     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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