Monodispersed water-in-oil emulsions prepared with semi-metal microfluidic EDGE systems

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 187-196

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; LECITHIN; OSTWALD RIPENING; PARAFFINS; SUNFLOWER OIL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISCOSITY;

CONTINUOUS PHASIS; DROPLET GENERATION; EMULSIFICATION PROCESS; INCREASING VISCOSITY; MONODISPERSED DROPLET; POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE; PRESSURE STABILITY; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 84878566001     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1037-0     Document Type: Article

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