Preparation of monodispersed oil-in-water emulsions through semi-metal microfluidic EDGE systems

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 775-784

  Maan, Abid Aslam ^a   Boom, Remko ^a   Schroën, Karin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EDGE systems; Fingering; Monodisperse emulsions; Surface roughness; Surface wettability

Indexed keywords

DROPLET GENERATION; EMULSIFICATION SYSTEMS; FINGERING; MONODISPERSE EMULSIONS; MONODISPERSED DROPLET; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PRESSURE STABILITY; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; HYDROPHILICITY; SILICON; SPRAY NOZZLES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WETTING;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 84877825525     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1097-1     Document Type: Article

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