The effects of hydrophilic surfactant concentration and flow ratio on dynamic wetting in a T-junction microfluidic device

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1340-1347

  Tostado, Chris P ^a   Xu, Jianhong ^a   Luo, Guangsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; CTAB; Dynamic wetting; Phase inversion; T junction microchannel

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; CHANNEL WALL; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CORN OIL; CTAB; DYNAMIC ADSORPTION; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMIC WETTING; FLOW RATIOS; HYDROPHILIC SURFACTANTS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP APPLICATIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; OIL DROPS; ON DYNAMICS; ORGANIC PHASE; PHASE FLOW; PHASE INVERSION; RECEDING CONTACT; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; T JUNCTIONS; WETTING ABILITY; WETTING TRANSITIONS;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MICELLES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; ROLLING RESISTANCE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VEGETABLE OILS;

WETTING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959973351     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.043     Document Type: Article

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