Experimental study of microbubble coalescence in a T-junction microfluidic device

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 715-722

  Yang, Lu ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Tan, Jing ^a   Lu, Yangcheng ^a   Luo, Guangsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Head on collision; Microbubble; Microfluidic

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SIZES; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; COALESCENCE BEHAVIOR; CONFINED SPACE; CONTACT TIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FILM DRAINAGE; FREE SPACES; HEAD-ON COLLISION; LINEAR CORRELATION; LIQUID VISCOSITY; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MONO-DISPERSED; NONCOALESCENCE; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; T JUNCTIONS; WORKING SYSTEMS;

FLUIDIC DEVICES; GLYCEROL; MICROFLUIDICS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84860837242     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0912-4     Document Type: Article

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