Enhanced-throughput production of polymersomes using a parallelized capillary microfluidic device

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 509-514

  Kim, Shin Hyun ^a,b   Kim, Jin Woong ^c   Kim, Do Hoon ^d   Han, Sang Hoon ^d   Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emulsions; Microcapsules; Microfluidics; Parallelization; Polymersomes

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; POLYMERS; THROUGHPUT;

DOUBLE EMULSIONS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCAPSULES; MONO-DISPERSE; PARALLELIZATIONS; POLYMERSOMES; PRODUCTION RATES; WATER-IN-OIL-IN-WATER;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84878607025     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-1069-5     Document Type: Article

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