Hydrophilic polycarbonate chips for generation of oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 767-774

  Jankowski, Paweł ^a   Ogończyk, Dominika ^a   Derzsi, Ladislav ^a   Lisowski, Wojciech ^a   Garstecki, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Double emulsions; Hydrophilic; Microrofluidic; Tin

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE EMULSIONS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHOBIC MODIFICATION; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROROFLUIDIC; MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS; WATER-IN-OIL-IN-WATER;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; POLYCARBONATES; TIN;

HYDROPHILICITY;

EID: 84877794271     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1090-8     Document Type: Article

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