The dynamic effects of surfactants on droplet formation in coaxial microfluidic devices

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9250-9258

  Xu, J H ^a   Dong, P F ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Tostado, C P ^a   Luo, G S ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DODECYL SULFATE; DROPLET FORMATION; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; DYNAMIC INTERFACIAL TENSION; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; MONODISPERSED DROPLET; MULTI PHASE SYSTEMS; N-HEXANE; SEMIEMPIRICAL EQUATION; SMALL DROPLETS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

EMULSIFICATION; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INTERFACE STATES; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84862872396     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la301363d     Document Type: Article

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