Droplet microfluidics driven by gradients of confinement

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 853-858

  Dangla, Rémi ^a   Kayi, S Cagri ^a   Baroud, Charles N ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Step emulsification; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; EMULSIONS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE TENSION; WATER;

EID: 84872510026     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209186110     Document Type: Article

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