Effect of local kinematic history on the dynamic self-assembly of droplets in micro-expansion channels

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-126

  Yang, Seungyoung ^a   Ahn, Sung Won ^a   Kang, Ah Reum ^a   Lee, Daewoong ^b   Lee, Sung Sik ^c   Kim, Ju Min ^a   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^b   Lee, Seung Jong ^b  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Droplet array; Droplet based microfluidics; Dropletdroplet interaction; Dynamic self assembly; Kinematic history

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053349983     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: 20937660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13367-011-0015-5     Document Type: Article

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