A microfluidic chip using phenol formaldehyde resin for uniform-sized polycaprolactone and chitosan microparticle generation

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 6521-6531

  Lin, Yung Sheng ^a   Yang, Chih Hui ^b   Wu, Chin Tung ^c   Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai ^d   Wang, Chih Yu ^b   Hsieh, Wan Chen ^b   Chen, Szu Yu ^b   Huang, Keng Shiang ^b  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Droplet; Emulsion; Microfluidics; Microparticles; Phenol formaldehyde resin; Polycaprolactone

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; FORMALDEHYDE; MICROSPHERE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE RESIN; PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER; POLYMER; EMULSION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES;

CHITOSAN; EMULSIONS; FORMALDEHYDE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSPHERES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84879623469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18066521     Document Type: Article

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