Block-and-break generation of microdroplets with fixed volume

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  van Steijn, Volkert ^a,b   Korczyk, Piotr M ^c,d   Derzsi, Ladislav ^c   Abate, Adam R ^e   Weitz, David A ^a   Garstecki, Piotr ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^e San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSECTIONS;

BYPASS CHANNEL; DISPERSED PHASE; DROPLET GENERATORS; MICRO DROPLETS; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; SPACE BETWEEN; T JUNCTIONS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84877651340     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4801637     Document Type: Article

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