Scale-up and control of droplet production in coupled microfluidic flow-focusing geometries

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-73

  Mulligan, Molly K ^a   Rothstein, Jonathan P ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet production; Flow focusing; Microfluidics; Scale up

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET GENERATION; DROPLET PRODUCTION; DROPLET SIZES; FLOW FOCUSING; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; FLOW-FOCUSING GEOMETRY; INLET CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW-FOCUSING DEVICES; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS; OIL PHASE; PRODUCTION FREQUENCIES; PRODUCTION RATES; SCALE-UP;

EMULSIFICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; TUBING;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84863434156     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0941-7     Document Type: Article

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