Dynamics of bubble breakup in a microfluidic T-junction divergence

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4184-4195

  Fu, Taotao ^a,b   Ma, Youguang ^a   Funfschilling, Denis ^b   Li, Huai Z ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Breakup mechanism; Bubble; Micro PIV; Microfluidics; Scaling law; T junction

Indexed keywords

BREAKING PROCESS; BUBBLE; BUBBLE BREAK-UP; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CROSS SECTION; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; GLYCEROL-WATER MIXTURES; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL CAMERAS; LIQUID PHASE; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICRO PIV; POWER-LAW RELATIONSHIP; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE; T JUNCTIONS; TYPE II; VISCOUS FORCES;

CAMERAS; CAPILLARITY; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GLYCEROL; INVESTMENTS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 79960249623     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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