Liquid-liquid microflows in micro-sieve dispersion devices with dual pore size

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 705-714

  Shao, H W ^a   Lu, Y C ^a   Wang, K ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet polydispersity; Dual size pores; Flow pattern; Micro sieve device

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SIZES; DUAL-SIZE PORES; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGE PORES; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MICRO-SIEVE DEVICE; MICROFLOWS; PORE FLOW; PORE MODELS;

DISPERSIONS; DROPS; FLOW PATTERNS; PORE SIZE; SIEVES;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84860833885     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0914-2     Document Type: Article

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