Influence of flow rate on the droplet generation process in a microfluidic chip

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8204, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lapierre, Florian ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Zhu, Yonggang ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capillary number; Droplet generation; Flow focusing; Microfluidics; Water in oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CONTINUOUS PHASE; CURRENT DATA; DISPERSED PHASE; DROPLET GENERATION; DROPLET SIZES; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW FOCUSING; GENERATION MECHANISM; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; NEW RESULTS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; WATER IN OIL EMULSION;

CAPILLARITY; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOW RATE; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84862961032     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.903271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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