Scalable attoliter monodisperse droplet formation using multiphase nano-microfluidics

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-92

  Shui, Lingling ^a   Van Den Berg, Albert ^a   Eijkel, Jan C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attoliter; Capillary focusing; Droplet; Monodisperse; Nano microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ATTOLITER; CAPILLARY INSTABILITY; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET; DROPLET SIZES; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; LIQUID FILAMENTS; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; NANO CHANNELS; NANO-MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROBUST METHODS;

DROPS; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84855947884     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0776-7     Document Type: Article

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