Using an electro-spraying microfluidic chip to produce uniform emulsions under a direct-current electric field

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 475-484

  Yeh, Chia Hsien ^a   Lee, Meng Hsuan ^a   Lin, Yu Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electric field; Electro spraying microfluidic chip; Emulsions; Parallel electrode; Taylor cone

Indexed keywords

DIRECT-CURRENT; ELECTRO-SPRAYING MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; GENERATION PROCESS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; OIL PHASE; PARALLEL ELECTRODES; POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TAYLOR CONE; WATER EMULSION;

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84856212045     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0889-z     Document Type: Article

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