Effect of the fluid injection configuration on droplet size in a microfluidic T junction

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Carrier, Odile ^a   Funfschilling, Denis ^a   Li, Huai Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DRIPPING REGIMES; DROPLET FORMATION; FLOW-FOCUSING; FLUID INJECTIONS; MICROFLUIDIC T JUNCTIONS; SATELLITE DROPLETS;

CAPILLARITY; DROP BREAKUP;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84897636339     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.013003     Document Type: Article

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