A microfluidic technique for generating monodisperse submicron-sized drops

RSC Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2330-2335

  Sang, Yann Yip Cheung ^a,b   Lorenceau, Elise ^c   Wahl, Sebastian ^d   Stoffel, Maximilien ^d   Angelescu, Dan E ^d   Höhler, Reinhard ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b UMR CNRS Université Paris Est 8108   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^d ESIEE PARIS   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; GAS MIXING RATIO; LIQUID-GAS PHASE TRANSITION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUES; MONODISPERSE; NANODROPS; SUBMICRON-SIZED;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

DROPS;

EID: 84872724111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2ra23090a     Document Type: Article

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